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CONDITIONED SUPPRESSION OF COUNTING BEHAVIOR IN RATS1
1973 · Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior; v. 19; n. 1; p. 93-100; Fonte: Wiley
Dados principais
- Ano de publicação
- 1973
- Dados editoriais
- Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior; v. 19; n. 1; p. 93-100; Fonte: Wiley
- Palavras-chave
- JEAB; análise do comportamento
Autores
- D. E. Blackman
- Pamela Scruton
Resumo
Three rats were trained on a schedule in which a response on lever B was reinforced only if it was preceded by a minimum number of consecutive responses on lever A. The minimum requirement was 27 A responses for Rat 1, and 20 A responses for Rats 2 and 3. The schedule maintained high rates of responding on lever A, and a slow, spaced pattern of responding on lever B. The mean number of consecutive responses on lever A was slightly greater than the minimum required. The effect of superimposing on this behavior a stimulus that ended with an unavoidable shock was the suppression of responding on both levers during the pre‐shock stimulus. Responses on lever A were more suppressed, and the proportion of relatively short response runs on lever A during the pre‐shock stimulus increased. With all three rats, the mean number of consecutive responses on lever A during the pre‐shock stimulus decreased to a value below the minimum requirement for reinforcement of the subsequent B response.