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VARYING TEMPORAL PLACEMENT OF AN ADDED STIMULUS IN A FIXED‐INTERVAL SCHEDULE 1
Author(s) -
Farmer John,
Schoenfeld W. N.
Publication year - 1966
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.1966.9-369
Subject(s) - reinforcement , stimulus (psychology) , interval (graph theory) , schedule , mathematics , computer science , psychology , cognitive psychology , combinatorics , social psychology , operating system
One paradigm for exploring stimulus effects on behavior is defined for steady state experiments. The paradigm is illustrated by a 60‐sec fixed‐interval reinforcement schedule wherein a 6‐sec light is introduced into each interval. The temporal relation of this stimulus to the reinforcer is the independent variable that is systematically explored. Two experiments studied this temporal relation under two parametric conditions: (a) when the 6‐sec light occurs once in each 60‐sec interval, (b) when the 6‐sec light occurs twice in each interval, the second time always during the 6 sec immediately preceding the reinforcer. Functions are presented showing the effect of the 6‐sec light on responding at all points in the fixed‐interval.