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SECONDARY REINFORCEMENT AND RATE OF PRIMARY REINFORCEMENT 1
Author(s) -
Herrnstein R. J.
Publication year - 1964
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.1964.7-27
Subject(s) - reinforcement , reinforcement learning , computer science , psychology , artificial intelligence , social psychology
Four pigeons were trained to peck at either of two response‐keys. Pecking at either key occasionally produced a secondary reinforcer. Then, in the presence of the secondary reinforcer, further pecking occasionally produced the primary reinforcer, food. The relative rate at which each pigeon pecked to obtain a secondary reinforcer equalled the relative rate of primary reinforcement in its presence.