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CONTROL OF SCHEDULE INDUCED POLYDIPSIA: TYPE, SIZE, AND SPACING OF MEALS 1
Author(s) -
Falk John L.
Publication year - 1967
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.1967.10-199
Subject(s) - polydipsia , reinforcement , pellets , thirst , zoology , chemistry , psychology , endocrinology , medicine , social psychology , biology , diabetes mellitus , paleontology
Rats were given daily 1‐min variable‐interval sessions for several types of food delivered in various amounts per reinforcement and the concurrent, schedule‐induced polydipsia was measured. Dry, solid food was neither a necessary nor sufficient condition for the development of polydipsia. Small portions of liquid Standard Monkey Diet produced polydipsia, but 45‐mg dextrose or sucrose pellets did not. Within the range studied, smaller portions of both solid and liquid foods produced more drinking than larger portions per reinforcement. Two‐min variable‐interval sessions produced a greater polydipsic response than 1‐min variable‐interval, even though the number of 45‐mg Noyes pellets allowed per session was held constant. Polydipsia was greatly attenuated on these schedules when the number of pellets remained constant, but were delivered two at a time. Within the ranges studied, the concurrent polydipsic response was increased by decreasing the rate of food acquisition, either by using smaller portions of food per reinforcement or by increasing the interreinforcement time.