RATE AND TEMPORAL PATTERN OF KEY PECKING UNDER AUTOSHAPING AND OMISSION SCHEDULES OF REINFORCEMENT1
- 1 March 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Vol. 27 (2) , 399-405
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1977.27-399
Abstract
The role of response-reinforcer contiguity on autoshaped key pecking in pigeons was studied by scheduling response-dependent nonreinforcement at the beginning or the end of brief (8-sec) discrete trials. Schedules that permitted chance conjunctions of key pecking and food sustained high rates of responding, whereas those that prevented the occurrence of key peck-food intervals shorter than 4 sec sustained low response rates. In addition, selective reinforcement schedules supported accelerating or decelerating rates of responding within individual trials. These effects were traceable to response-reinforcer (operant), but not stimulus-reinforcer (respondent) factors.Keywords
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