Effect of Unconsumed Reward on Subsequent Alternation of Choice
- 1 October 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 15 (2) , 407-411
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1964.15.2.407
Abstract
The quantity of food reward initially available and the quantity remaining in the goal box of either chosen discriminandum were investigated as possible determinants of subsequent choice behavior, i.e., subsequent repetition or alternation of choice. In two similar experiments, 108 rats were divided equally among 3 experimental conditions: Ss in Group C+ and Group C were identical in terms of the number of food pellets consumed on each trial but differed in that Ss in Group C+ always had a considerable quantity remaining upon their removal from the chosen alternative. Ss in Group One were always presented with 1 pellet, which they consumed. No differences in alternation behavior were found among these groups.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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