The Effect of Partially Delayed Reinforcement and Trial-Distribution on the Extinction of an Instrumental Response
- 1 June 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in The American Journal of Psychology
- Vol. 69 (2) , 264-268
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1418156
Abstract
"... partial delay of reinforcement (of a running response) produces greater resistance to extinction than does immediate reinforcement. This effect... is unrelated to the distribution of training or extinction trials (and) constitutes a problem for behavior-theory...".Keywords
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