Number of responses as a stimulus in fixed interval and fixed ratio schedules.
- 1 January 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
- Vol. 63 (1) , 60-65
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0024164
Abstract
A psychophysical technique was used to distinguish between time and number of responses as stimuli for discriminating between 2 fixed ratio or 2 fixed interval schedules. Reinforcement of a choice response in the 2nd component of a behavioral chain was contingent upon discriminating which schedule occurred in the 1st component. Run time was not related to discrimination of the 2 ratios, but number of responses was related to discrimination of the 2 intervals. Moreover, when number of responses per interval was systematically reduced by delaying the onset of a stimulus associated with reinforcement, number of responses predicted choice response better than length of interval or length of stimulus.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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