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NONCONSUMPTION OF THE REINFORCER UNDER DRUG ACTION
Author(s) -
Faidherbe J.,
Richelle M.,
Schlag 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.1962.5-521
Subject(s) - reinforcement , methylphenidate , cats , psychology , discriminative model , action (physics) , drug , stimulus control , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , clinical psychology , social psychology , artificial intelligence , medicine , computer science , psychiatry , nicotine , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , quantum mechanics , physics
Cats were trained to respond on a multiple discriminative schedule, with milk as reinforcement. Two subjects did not immediately consume the reinforcer when they were injected with 6 mg of methylphenidate before the experiment. This observation could be repeated in one of the subjects under various conditions of reinforcement and various doses of the drug. Control experiments showed that under normal conditions the same cats never ignored the reinforcer. The modification induced by the drug in the relationship between behavior and the reinforcement is discussed in its bearing on the notion of reinforcer.