SECONDARY REINFORCEMENT AND RATE OF PRIMARY REINFORCEMENT1
- 1 January 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Vol. 7 (1) , 27-36
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1964.7-27
Abstract
Four pigeons were trained to peck at either of two response‐keys. Pecking at either key occasionally produced a secondary reinforcer. Then, in the presence of the secondary reinforcer, further pecking occasionally produced the primary reinforcer, food. The relative rate at which each pigeon pecked to obtain a secondary reinforcer equalled the relative rate of primary reinforcement in its presence.Keywords
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