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NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT WITHOUT SHOCK REDUCTION 1
Author(s) -
Hineline Philip N.
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.1970.14-259
Subject(s) - shock (circulatory) , reinforcement , lever , psychology , audiology , neuroscience , physics , social psychology , medicine , quantum mechanics
Stable lever‐press responding in rats was reliably produced and maintained by a procedure in which responses could delay shocks without affecting overall shock frequency. Responding was not maintained when the delay‐of‐shock involved an increase in overall shock frequency.