Resistance to extinction as a function of continuous or intermittent presentation of a training cue.

1 January 1958

journal article
Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Experimental Psychology

Vol. 56 (3) , 251-255
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0041079

Abstract

"27 hungry rats were given 36 training trials in a simple runway to food reward. Experimental Ss were extinguished with the empty food-cup present in the goal box on half the trials; control Ss were extinguished with the food-cup continuously present, as during training. Greater resistance to extinction occurred in the experimental group. This supports the view that resistance to extinction is a function of the maintenance of motivation, which is facilitated by the intermittent schedule on which the food-cup is introduced during extinction." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Keywords

& TRAINING
VS. CONTINUOUS
INTERMITTENT
RESISTANCE TO
REINFORCEMENT/SECONDARY
EXTINCTION
LEARNING & MEMORY
SECONDARY REINFORCEMENT &
CUE FUNCTION

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