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SUPPRESSION OF OPERANT VS CONSUMMATORY BEHAVIOR 1
Author(s) -
DeCosta M. Joseph,
Ayres John J. B.
Publication year - 1971
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.1971.16-133
Subject(s) - operant conditioning , psychology , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , reinforcement , social psychology
The magnitude and variability of conditioned suppression of bar pressing and dipper licking were compared. In two steady‐state experiments, suppression of bar pressing was more profound and more stable from day to day. The two measures of suppression were uncorrelated as indexed by Pearson product‐moment correlation coefficients computed for adjacent trials. Correlations within measures (internal consistency) were somewhat higher for the bar‐press system except when a high proportion of rats completely suppressed on one of the correlated trials. In a transient state experiment in which possible adventitious punishment of both response systems was eliminated, suppression of bar pressing was again more profound and considerably slower to extinguish.