Year: 1969
Type: article
Abstract: The behavior of pigeons on six geometrically spaced fixed-interval schedules ranging from 16 to 512 sec is described as a two-state process. In the first state, which begins immediately after reinforcement, response rate is low and constant. At some variable time after reinforcement there is an abrupt transition to a high and approximately constant rate. The point of rapid transition occurs, on the average, at about two-thirds of the way through the interval. Response rate in the second state is an increasing, negatively accelerated function of rate of reinforcement in the second state.
Author: Bruce A. Schneider
Institution: Columbia University
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2166952303