Evidence for a transitional period for development of persistence in infant rats.
- 1 October 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
- Vol. 92 (5) , 856-866
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0077527
Abstract
Four experiments point to the existence of a transitional period in neonatal rats for the learning of persistence. Partial reinforcement training with suckling on an anesthetized dam as reward induced greater persistence in extinction of the approach response than did continuous reinforcement in rat pups 14 days old but not in 11 day old pups. Other aspects of this period of development are discussed.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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