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ELIMINATING BEHAVIOR WITH REINFORCEMENT 1
Author(s) -
Zeiler Michael D.
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.1971.16-401
Subject(s) - reinforcement , stimulus (psychology) , food delivery , extinction (optical mineralogy) , psychology , stimulus control , audiology , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , social psychology , medicine , optics , physics , business , nicotine , marketing
Responding produced food according to a fixed‐ratio schedule while the prevailing key‐color alternated between red and blue. Stimulus durations were varied until a period was found that maintained equal rates of responding in the presence of both colors. Then, food presentation was discontinued in the presence of one stimulus and made dependent on not responding in the presence of the other. Food presentation dependent on not responding reduced the rate of responding faster than did extinction. Spontaneous recovery occurred only during the stimulus correlated with extinction.