A TWO‐STATE ANALYSIS OF FIXED‐INTERVAL RESPONDING IN THE PIGEON1
- 1 September 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Vol. 12 (5) , 677-687
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1969.12-677
Abstract
The behavior of pigeons on six geometrically spaced fixed‐interval schedules ranging from 16 to 512 sec is described as a two‐state process. In the first state, which begins immediately after reinforcement, response rate is low and constant. At some variable time after reinforcement there is an abrupt transition to a high and approximately constant rate. The point of rapid transition occurs, on the average, at about two‐thirds of the way through the interval. Response rate in the second state is an increasing, negatively accelerated function of rate of reinforcement in the second state.Keywords
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