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ATTACK PRODUCED BY INTERMITTENT REINFORCEMENT OF A CONCURRENT OPERANT RESPONSE 1
Author(s) -
Hutchinson R. R.,
Azrin N. H.,
Hunt G. M.
Publication year - 1968
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.1968.11-489
Subject(s) - biting , reinforcement , squirrel monkey , extinction (optical mineralogy) , lever , operant conditioning , aggression , psychology , neuroscience , developmental psychology , biology , social psychology , physics , ecology , quantum mechanics , paleontology
Squirrel monkeys pressed a lever to produce food on several fixed‐ratio schedules; they could also bite a rubber hose. Biting attack occurred during the postreinforcement pause and in early portions of the ratio response run. Also, biting attacks increased after transitions to higher values of the fixed‐ratio requirement and in extinction. The results show that extinction‐induced aggression effects occur in primates.