Patterning effect of the non-reinforcement-reinforcement sequence involving a single nonreinforced trial.
- 1 January 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
- Vol. 50 (1) , 23-25
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0047409
Abstract
Rats were trained in a black-white discrimination under conditions of (a) continuous reinforcement, (b) partial reinforcement with nonreinforcement termination or (c) partial reinforcement with reinforcement termination, all patterning sequences involving but a single nonreinforced trial. Original training was done with white positive, reversal training with black positive. There were no significant differences in acquisition, and the partial-reinforcement-with-reinforcement-termination group acquired the reversal habit at a significantly lower rate.Keywords
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