RATE‐CHANGE EFFECTS WITH EQUAL POTENTIAL REINFORCEMENTS DURING THE “WARNING” STIMULUS1
- 1 October 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Vol. 6 (4), 557-562
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1963.6-557
Abstract
Two pre-schedule-change stimuli were superimposed on the same VI baseline and were thereby equated with respect to reinforcement potential. One such stimulus preceded a transition to an extinction schedule or a VI schedule of lower reinforcement frequency while the other preceded a transition to a VI schedule of higher reinforcement frequency. It was found that response rate during the warning stimulus was greater preceding the transition to the lower reinforcement frequency than it was preceding the transition to the higher reinforcement frequency. That difference was often evidenced by an absolute increase and decrease in rate, in conformity with previous findings on the topic. The present experiment extends previous findings in several ways, including the presentation of quantitative estimates of the effects.Keywords
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