THE EFFECT OF MULTIPLE SΔ PERIODS ON RESPONDING ON A FIXED‐INTERVAL SCHEDULE1
- 1 July 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Vol. 5 (3) , 369-374
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1962.5-369
Abstract
The effect of repeated interruption of FI responding by short SΔ presentations on the pattern of increasing frequency of responding through the interval has been studied. Although the SΔ profoundly changed the pattern of responding during their presentation, the general scalloped pattern of FI responding survived. The implication of these findings for understanding the role of chaining of responses in FI patterns is discussed. It is suggested that chaining is not a necessary condition for the scalloped pattern.Keywords
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