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RESPONSE COST EFFECTS DURING EXTINCTION FOLLOWING FIXED‐INTERVAL REINFORCEMENT IN HUMANS
Author(s) -
Weiner Harold
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.1964.7-333
Subject(s) - reinforcement , extinction (optical mineralogy) , interval (graph theory) , computer science , psychology , cognitive psychology , artificial intelligence , social psychology , mathematics , biology , paleontology , combinatorics
This study examined the effects of response‐produced cost upon human observer responses during extinction following FI reinforcement. Relative to a no‐cost condition, cost produced marked and rapid response attenuation.