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OPERANT FACILITATION DURING A PRE‐REWARD STIMULUS: DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS IN HUMAN SUBJECTS
Author(s) -
REMINGTON R. E.,
STRONGMAN K. T.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1972.tb02106.x
Subject(s) - psychology , facilitation , stimulus (psychology) , operant conditioning , cognitive psychology , stimulus control , reinforcement , developmental psychology , neuroscience , social psychology , nicotine
Thirty‐two human subjects received contingent or random presentations of a conditioning stimulus (CS) and an unconditioned stimulus (US) whilst working on one of two time‐related baseline schedules of positive reinforcement. The US consisted of a free reward of high or low magnitude. The two levels of each of these three variables were incorporated in a 2 times 2 × 2 factorial design. A response facilitation in the contingent CS–US groups was found. Results are discussed with reference to the difficulties of using simple operant techniques with human subjects.