Extinction as a Function of a Small Number of Partially Reinforced Trials
- 1 October 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 11 (2), 451-454
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1962.11.2.451
Abstract
After preliminary exploration [of a straight-alley maze] 23 naive rats were divided into 2 groups. One group received a reinforced, a nonreinforced, then another reinforced trial. The second group received 3 reinforced trials. During extinction the partial reinforcement group ran faster. This was discussed in relation to Spence''s and Amsel''s analyses of partial reinforcement.".This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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