Primacy of interresponse-time reinforcement in accounting for rate differences under variable-ratio and variable-interval schedules.
Primacy of interresponse-time reinforcement in accounting for rate differences under variable-ratio and variable-interval schedules.
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在解释可变比率和可变间隔计划下的速率差异时,反应间时间强化的首要地位。
DOI:
10.1037/0097-7403.10.2.149
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发表时间:
1984
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通讯作者:
A. Silberberg
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作者:
D. B. Peele;Jay Casey;A. Silberberg
Pigeons' keypeck rates under VR schedules are typically higher than under VI schedules when between-schedule reinforcement rates are equated. Exp I, with 4 male White Carneaux pigeons, reproduced this between-schedule rate difference in a multiple VR-VI schedule. However, when the short interresponse times (IRTs) typically reinforced under VRs were required for VI reinforcement, between-component rate differences diminished. Exp II (4 Ss) replicated Exp I except that long IRTs reinforced under VI schedules were required for VR reinforcement. This manipulation eliminated between-schedule rate differences. In Exp III (4 Ss), VR/VI and VI/VR tandems had the same correlation between response and reinforcement rates. In a simulation, CP Shimp's (1969) IRT response rule was used as an algorithm to mimic between-schedule rate difference. Findings show that IRT reinforcement (a molecular factor), rather than the feedback function between response rate and reinforcement rate (a molar factor), accounts for the higher response rates under VR schedules.(25 ref)(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)