Journal article
Within-Session Response Patterns during Variable Interval, Random Reinforcement, and Extinction Procedures
Learning and motivation, Vol.30(3), pp.221-240
08/1999
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/116280
Abstract
Pigeons (Experiment 1) and rats (Experiment 2) responded on variable interval (VI), variable time (VT), and extinction procedures. All three procedures were conducted for three different baseline rates of reinforcement. When the rates of reinforcement obtained from the VI and VT schedules did not differ significantly, the within-session patterns of responding observed on the two procedures did not differ. Both of these patterns differed from the patterns observed during extinction. These results are consistent with the argument that sensitization–habituation contributes to within-session patterns of responding during both conditioning and extinction and that subjects may sensitize and habituate to contextual stimuli as well as to reinforcers. The results help to explain why spontaneous recovery is not always observed during random reinforcement procedures. They also suggest that the factors governing within-session patterns of responding are independent of the factors governing absolute response rates.
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- Title
- Within-Session Response Patterns during Variable Interval, Random Reinforcement, and Extinction Procedures
- Creators
- Frances K McSweeney - Washington State UniversitySamantha Swindell - Washington State UniversityJeffrey N Weatherly - McNeese State University
- Publication Details
- Learning and motivation, Vol.30(3), pp.221-240
- Academic Unit
- Arts and Sciences, College of; Psychology, Department of
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Identifiers
- 99900547465001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article