AVERSIVE ASPECTS OF A FIXED‐INTERVAL SCHEDULE OF FOOD REINFORCEMENT1
- 1 May 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Vol. 17 (3), 405-411
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1972.17-405
Abstract
The key pecking of pigeons was reinforced according to a fixed-interval schedule of reinforcement. The pigeons were also given the opportunity to attack a restrained target pigeon. The attack rates during the sessions of fixed-interval reinforcement were higher than during the operant level sessions in four of the five pigeons. Most attack occurred during the post-reinforcement pause in key pecking. It was suggested that a fixed-interval schedule of positive reinforcement possesses aversive properties, the most aversive of which are located during the post-reinforcement pause.Keywords
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