Delivering Different Reinforcers in Each Half of the Session: Effect of Reinforcement Rate

Delivering Different Reinforcers in Each Half of the Session: Effect of Reinforcement Rate

Previous research (Weatherly, Stout, Rue, & Melville, 2000) has shown that rats' rates of lever pressing for low-concentration liquid-sucrose reinforcement in the first half of an experimental sucrose reinforcers, are delivered in the second half of the session (i.e., induction). The presen...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Psychological record 2000-07, Vol.50 (3), p.543-556
Hauptverfasser: WEATHERLY, JEFFREY N, RUE, HANNA C, DAVIS, CAROLYN S, MELVILLE, CAM L
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animal behavior
Body Weight
Conditioned response
Logical Thinking
Psychology
Reinforcement (Psychology)
Rodents
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Zusammenfassung:Previous research (Weatherly, Stout, Rue, & Melville, 2000) has shown that rats' rates of lever pressing for low-concentration liquid-sucrose reinforcement in the first half of an experimental sucrose reinforcers, are delivered in the second half of the session (i.e., induction). The present study investigated whether this effect was sensitive to changes in the rate of reinforcement in the first or second half of the session.
ISSN:0033-2933
2163-3452
DOI:10.1007/BF03395370