Sucrose Concentration as Reinforcement for Lever Pressing by Monkeys
- 1 December 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 2 (3) , 381-384
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1956.2.3.381
Abstract
3 rhesus monkeys were given various concentrations of sucrose for lever pressing on a variable interval schedule of reinforcement. 7 sucrose concentrations were studied at 2 levels of food deprivation. The response rates accelerated rapidly with increasing concentrations, and then declined after reaching a maximum, generally between 15 and 30% sucrose concentration. The decline was attributed to a satiation effect. The higher level of food deprivation tended to increase the response rate at all but the extreme high and low concentrations.Keywords
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