Ryan Higginbotham

Student NameRyan Higginbotham

Faculty Mentor NameJesse Dallery, PhD

CollegeCollege of Liberal Arts and Sciences

MajorPsychology

MinorN/A

Research InterestsDelay Discounting, Behavioral Economics, Quantitative Modeling of Behavior

Academic AwardsUniversity Scholars Program 2020

OrganizationsSociety of Young Behavior Analysts

Hobbies and Interests Photography, Movies, Hiking

Research Project

Surrogate Delay Discounting Through Observation?

This study aims to replicate and extend previous findings which suggest that a potential source of individual differences in delay discounting may be observation of past behavior. Many socially significant behaviors, in particular cigarette smoking, are related to individual differences in delay discounting. The present study seeks to explore some potential sources of these individual differences.