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SOME EFFECTS OF PUNISHMENT UPON UNPUNISHED RESPONDING1
1972 · Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior; v. 17; n. 3; p. 443-450; Fonte: Wiley
Dados principais
- Ano de publicação
- 1972
- Dados editoriais
- Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior; v. 17; n. 3; p. 443-450; Fonte: Wiley
- Palavras-chave
- JEAB; análise do comportamento
Autores
- Philip J. Dunham
Resumo
Animals permitted free access to a running wheel and drinking tube increased the amount of running when drinking was punished with electric shock. Additional experiments demonstrated that the simple presence or absence of a drinking tube (or running wheel) was a sufficient condition to observe a decrease or an increase in the alternative response. A quantitative analysis of these interactions observed between the incompatible running and drinking responses suggested that each response occupied a constant proportion of the time available for it. These results question an interpretation of the increase in unpunished alternative responding based upon its avoidance properties.