Behavioral Competition: A Mechanism for Schedule Interactions
- 27 October 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 202 (4366) , 432-434
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.705334
Abstract
Rats pressing a lever for food reinforcement showed large positive-contrast effects when provided with the opportunity for a competing wheel-running response. Positive and negative behavioral contrast may reflect reallocation of competing interim and terminal responses between schedule components following changes in the reinforcement conditions in one component.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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