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PREFERENCE AND DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN RESPONSE‐DEPENDENT AND RESPONSE‐INDEPENDENT SCHEDULES OF REINFORCEMENT1
1975 · Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior; v. 24; n. 1; p. 73-77; Fonte: Wiley
Dados principais
- Ano de publicação
- 1975
- Dados editoriais
- Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior; v. 24; n. 1; p. 73-77; Fonte: Wiley
- Palavras-chave
- JEAB; análise do comportamento
Autores
- Richard P. Brinker
- Jerry T. Treadway
Resumo
Four Asian quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) were exposed to concurrent‐chain schedules, the terminal links of which were either variable‐interval 30 sec and variable‐time 30 sec, or fixed‐interval 30 sec and fixed‐time 30 sec. Except for one bird that exhibited a preference for the variable‐interval schedule over the variable‐time schedule, no consistent preferences were demonstrated for response‐dependent or response‐independent schedules. However, response rates were three times greater on response‐dependent than on response‐independent schedules. The discrimination between terminal‐link schedules was rapidly recovered after the schedule positions were reversed. Casual observations revealed that the birds engaged in stereotypic circling and pecking while the response‐independent schedules were operative.