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FI LENGTH AND PERFORMANCE ON AN FI FR CHAIN SCHEDULE OF REINFORCEMENT
Author(s) -
Hanson H. M.,
Campbell E. H.,
Witoslawski J. J.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1938-3711
pISSN - 0022-5002
DOI - 10.1901/jeab.1962.5-331
Subject(s) - reinforcement , interval (graph theory) , schedule , statistics , computer science , real time computing , simulation , mathematics , engineering , combinatorics , structural engineering , operating system
In a chained FI FR schedule, manipulating the length of the FI component produced changes confined almost entirely to the FI performance; increasing the interval length increased the total number of responses emitted per reinforcement. The configuration of the fixed‐interval scallop was clearly modified as the interval length was increased, with the larger intervals becoming flatter ( i.e ., a larger proportion of the total responses earlier in an interval). Measurement of the postreinforcement pause is suggested as a possible indicator of fixed‐interval scalloping.