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INTERMITTENT PUNISHMENT OF SΔ RESPONDING IN MATCHING TO SAMPLE 1
Author(s) -
Zimmerman J.,
Ferster C. B.
Publication year - 1963
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.1963.6-349
Subject(s) - matching (statistics) , duration (music) , sample (material) , punishment (psychology) , statistics , range (aeronautics) , psychology , audiology , mathematics , social psychology , physics , medicine , chromatography , chemistry , acoustics , engineering , aerospace engineering
Incorrect matching responses of two pigeons on matching to sample were either continuously (CRF) or intermittently (FR) followed by a time out (TO). The matching accuracy was examined as a function of both TO duration and TO frequency (ratio size). With intermediate TO durations (10 sec, 1 min), accuracy increased as the frequency of TO increased. With an extremely short (1 sec) and an extremely long (10 min) TO duration, accuracy was poor over the entire range of frequencies.