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Choice and the Rate of Punishment in Concurrent Schedules1

Year: 1976

Type: article

Abstract: Rats' responses on two levers were reinforced according to independent random-interval 1.5-min food schedules. In addition, both lever presses were intermittently punished according to several concurrent random-interval random-interval shock schedules. For the left, the scheduled rate of punishment was kept constant according to a random-interval 6-min schedule. For the right, the rate of punishment varied. As the frequency of punishment for the right lever press increased, its rate decreased. The rate of the left punished lever press increased, however, even though its scheduled reinforcement rate and punishment rate remained unchanged.

Source: Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1976.25-75

Author: Marvin Z. Deluty

Institution: Brown University

Language: English

Topic: Behavioral and Psychological Studies

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Science Foundation

OpenAlex ID: W1982701360

FWCI: 5.829

Cites: 22

Cited by: 58

Related to: 10