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INSTRUCTIONAL CONTROL OF HUMAN OPERANT RESPONDING DURING EXTINCTION FOLLOWING FIXED‐RATIO CONDITIONING
Author(s) -
Weiner Harold
Publication year - 1970
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.1970.13-391
Subject(s) - extinction (optical mineralogy) , operant conditioning , reinforcement , conditioning , psychology , control (management) , audiology , social psychology , computer science , statistics , mathematics , artificial intelligence , physics , medicine , optics
When given pre‐conditioning instructions correctly indicating the maximum number of reinforcements obtainable, subjects made few responses during extinction following FR 10 conditioning. More extinction responses occurred when the maximum‐reinforcement instructions suggested that reinforcements were obtainable during extinction. The highest rates of responding during extinction were produced by subjects who had no maximum‐reinforcement instructions.