REINFORCEMENT RATE AND INTERRESPONSE TIME DIFFERENTIATION
REINFORCEMENT RATE AND INTERRESPONSE TIME DIFFERENTIATION
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DOI:
10.1901/jeab.1976.26-471
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
PLATT, JR
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作者:
KUCH, DO;PLATT, JR
Reinforcement rate and differential reinforcement of IRT [interresponse time] were independently manipulated in pigeons to assess their relative contribution to the control of IRT. Modified percentile reinforcement schedules (Platt, 1973) allowed control of reinforcement rate while longest or shortest IRT were selectively reinforced. In the absence of differential IRT reinforcement, mean IRT decreased with increasing reinforcement rate. Compared to this small effect of reinforcement rate, reinforcement of long IRT produced large changes in mean IRT at constant reinforcement rates. No interaction of reinforcement rate and IRT reinforcement was detected. The demonstration of large IRT changes in the absence of reinforcement-rate changes indicates the precedence of IRT reinforcement over molar reinforcement-rate correlations in the determination of IRT in these procedures.