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AUTOSHAPING: FURTHER STUDY OF “NEGATIVE AUTOMAINTENANCE”1
1974 · Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior; v. 22; n. 1; p. 47-51; Fonte: Wiley
Dados principais
- Ano de publicação
- 1974
- Dados editoriais
- Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior; v. 22; n. 1; p. 47-51; Fonte: Wiley
- Palavras-chave
- JEAB; análise do comportamento
Autores
- William T. Woodard
- John C. Ballinger
- M. E. Bitterman
Resumo
The key pecking of pigeons was autoshaped to three key colors paired with food in discrete trials. Then, the effects of three different color‐correlated contingencies were compared: reward (presentation of food contingent on pecking), omission (presentation of food prevented by pecking), and extinction (no food). Two measures of performance were used: initial response (the number of trials with each color on which at least one peck was made) and multiple response (the total number of pecks per trial). In general, the reward color produced more pecking than the omission color, the omission color more than the extinction color, and the extinction color more than on blank trials with an unlighted key, although (relative to reward) omission produced a higher level of initial than of multiple responding. These results point clearly to the importance of stimulus‐reinforcer continguity in the control of pecking.