In:
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Wiley, Vol. 24, No. 1 ( 1975-07), p. 33-42
Abstract:
Two‐component schedules of differential‐reinforcement‐of‐low‐rate were presented, where the contingencies specified separately two minimum interresponse times, t 1 and t 2 , required for reinforcement, depending on whether the interresponse time was initiated by, in one case, a reinforced response (t 1 ) or, in the other, a nonreinforced response (t 2 ). A distinctive pattern of responding developed on each of the two contingencies. Duration of an interresponse time approximated t 1 when the t 1 contingency was in effect, and t 2 when the t 2 contingency was in effect. This relationship persisted even when t 2 was shorter than t 1 , and responding at a higher rate on the t 1 contingency would have greatly increased the rate of reinforcement. Increasing the value of t 2 resulted in both longer interresponse times on the t 1 contingency, and a higher probability of a response‐burst on those occasions when the contingency switched from t 1 to t 2 . The results indicated that both reinforced and nonreinforced responses functioned as discriminative events in determining the duration of following interresponse times.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0022-5002
,
1938-3711
DOI:
10.1901/jeab.1975.24-33
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
1975
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2017158-4
SSG:
12
SSG:
5,2
