Journal article
Deprivation, delay of reinforcement, and the selection of behavioural strategies
Animal behaviour, Vol.28(2), pp.341-346
01/01/1980
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3472(80)80042-X
Abstract
Thirty-two rats with different histories of water deprivation were tested at different levels of present water deprivation in a choice condition: they had to choose between a small water reinforcement delayed a short period of time and a large water reinforcement delayed a longer period of time. The animals expressed a greater preference for the larger, more delayed reinforcement when they were either presently deprived of water or had a past history of water deprivation. The results are discussed in the context of present ecological models and the conditions during which animals would be expected to behave according to those models. © 1980.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Deprivation, delay of reinforcement, and the selection of behavioural strategies
- Creators
- Jay J.J. Christensen-Szalanski - University of WashingtonAlice D. Goldberg - University of WashingtonMark E. Anderson - University of WashingtonTerence R. Mitchell - University of Washington
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Animal behaviour, Vol.28(2), pp.341-346
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0003-3472(80)80042-X
- ISSN
- 0003-3472
- eISSN
- 1095-8282
- Number of pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/1980
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9984962548802771
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