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VARIABLE‐INTERVAL PUNISHMENT DURING VARIABLE‐INTERVAL REINFORCEMENT 1
Author(s) -
Filby Yasuko,
Appel James B.
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.1966.9-521
Subject(s) - punishment (psychology) , reinforcement , interval (graph theory) , variable (mathematics) , schedule , psychology , value (mathematics) , social psychology , mathematics , statistics , computer science , combinatorics , mathematical analysis , operating system
Variable‐interval punishment was superimposed on a variable‐interval food reinforcement baseline for three groups of rats. The value for the variable‐interval punishment schedule was the same as that for the variable‐interval food reinforcement schedule, although the two schedules were programmed independently. The three groups were Variable Intervals 0.5, 1, and 3 min. Little or no suppression occurred in the three groups at mild (0.2 and 0.4 ma) intensities of punishment, but at 0.6 ma, complete suppression occurred almost uniformly. During continued punishment, there was no consistent recovery toward the pre‐punishment baseline at suppressing intensities of punishment. After punishment was discontinued, recovery from suppression was more rapid the lower the punishment intensity, and the lower the value of the variable‐interval schedules of reinforcement and punishment.