A RAPID AUTOMATIC TECHNIQUE FOR GENERATING OPERANT KEY‐PRESS BEHAVIOR IN RATS
- 1 January 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Vol. 15 (1) , 123-127
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1971.15-123
Abstract
Experimentally naive rats were trained to key press on a fixed-ratio 10 schedule of food reinforcement by a completely automatic procedure within a single, 1-hr session. Control procedures demonstrated that the resulting behavior was an operant, under control of the schedule of reinforcement and the specified reinforcing stimulus (food). A simple, combination food-tray operandum, also described, was used as the basis for the training technique.Keywords
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