FIXED‐RATIO PUNISHMENT1
- 1 April 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Vol. 6 (2), 141-148
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1963.6-141
Abstract
Responses were maintained by a variable‐interval schedule of food reinforcement. At the same time, punishment was delivered following every nth response (fixed‐ratio punishment). The introduction of fixed‐ratio punishment produced an initial phase during which the emission of responses was positively accelerated between punishments. Eventually, the degree of positive acceleration was reduced and a uniform but reduced rate of responding emerged. Large changes in the over‐all level of responding were produced by the intensity of punishment, the value of the punishment ratio, and the level of food deprivation. The uniformity of response rate between punishments was invariant in spite of these changes in over‐all rate and contrary to some plausible a priori theoretical considerations. Fixed‐ratio punishment also produced phenomena previously observed under continuous punishment: warm‐up effect and a compensatory increase. This type of intermittent punishment produced less rapid and less complete suppression than did continuous punishment.Keywords
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