The effects of different amounts of training on the resistance to extinction of different patterns of partially reinforced responses.
- 1 January 1958
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
- Vol. 51 (3), 367-371
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0047677
Abstract
Rats were trained to traverse a runway and jump to a modified single-window jumping stand. The Ss were divided at random into 4 groups. The A-7 group was given alternating reinforcement for 7 days. The A-14 group was given alternating reinforcement for 14 days. 2 other goups were trained with random reinforcement, R-7 group for 7 days and R-14group for 14 days. The A-14 group was significantly less resistant to extinction than the 3 other groups which did not differ from each other. The results were interpreted as contrary to 3 of the major reinforcement formulations and consonant with deductions derivable from the discrimination hypothesis.Keywords
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