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THE EFFECT OF MULTIPLE SΔ PERIODS ON RESPONDING ON A FIXED‐INTERVAL SCHEDULE: III. EFFECT OF CHANGES IN PATTERN OF INTERRUPTIONS, PARAMETERS AND STIMULI 1
Author(s) -
Dews P. B.
Publication year - 1965
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.1965.8-427
Subject(s) - reinforcement , interval (graph theory) , schedule , psychology , audiology , statistics , control (management) , developmental psychology , social psychology , mathematics , computer science , medicine , artificial intelligence , combinatorics , operating system
Pigeons responding under fixed‐interval schedules of reinforcement were interrupted by SΔ periods during the course of the intervals. Whether intervals were interrupted by 1, 2, or 5 SΔ periods, the general scalloped pattern of FI responding persisted. Parameter values up to 27% hr for the FI and 2¾ hr for the individual SΔ interruptions were studied. The results further weaken the hypothesis that the FI pattern of responding depends crucially on control of responding by continuously chained mediating behavior.