Journal article
Rate and temporal pattern of key pecking under autoshaping and omission schedules of reinforcement
Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior, Vol.27(2), pp.399-405
03/1977
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1977.27-399
PMID: 16812002
Abstract
The role of response-reinforcer contiguity on autoshaped key pecking in pigeons was studied by scheduling response-dependent nonreinforcement at the beginning or the end of brief (8-sec) discrete trials. Schedules that permitted chance conjunctions of key pecking and food sustained high rates of responding, whereas those that prevented the occurrence of key peck-food intervals shorter than 4 sec sustained low response rates. In addition, selective reinforcement schedules supported accelerating or decelerating rates of responding within individual trials. These effects were traceable to response-reinforcer (operant), but not stimulus-reinforcer (respondent) factors.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Rate and temporal pattern of key pecking under autoshaping and omission schedules of reinforcement
- Creators
- J D DeichE A Wasserman
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior, Vol.27(2), pp.399-405
- DOI
- 10.1901/jeab.1977.27-399
- PMID
- 16812002
- NLM abbreviation
- J Exp Anal Behav
- ISSN
- 0022-5002
- eISSN
- 1938-3711
- Publisher
- United States
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/1977
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984070967402771
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