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FIXED‐TIME SCHEDULE EFFECTS AS A FUNCTION OF BASELINE REINFORCEMENT RATE
Author(s) -
Ringdahl Joel E.,
Vollmer Timothy R.,
Borrero John C.,
Connell James E.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.2001.34-1
Subject(s) - reinforcement , extinction (optical mineralogy) , schedule , psychology , baseline (sea) , multiple baseline design , developmental psychology , audiology , social psychology , medicine , computer science , psychiatry , paleontology , oceanography , intervention (counseling) , biology , geology , operating system
Using an arbitrary response, we evaluated fixed‐time (FT) schedules that were either similar or dissimilar to a baseline (response‐dependent) reinforcement schedule and extinction. Results suggested that both FT schedules and extinction resulted in decreased responding. However, FT schedules were more effective in reducing response rates if the FT reinforcer rate was dissimilar to baseline reinforcer rates. Possible reasons for this difference were evaluated with data analysis methods designed to identify adventitious response‐reinforcer relations.