APERIODICITY AS A FACTOR IN CHOICE1
- 1 March 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Vol. 7 (2) , 179-182
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1964.7-179
Abstract
Four pigeons were trained to peck at either of two response‐keys. Pecks at either key occasionally produced a secondary reinforcer, in the presence of which further pecks occasionally produced food, the primary reinforcer. All pigeons showed a consistent preference for variable (as compared to fixed) interval schedules of primary reinforcement.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- SECONDARY REINFORCEMENT AND RATE OF PRIMARY REINFORCEMENT1Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1964
- Potency of Conditioned Reinforcers Based on Food and on Food and PunishmentScience, 1963