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SCHEDULE CONTROL OF THE VOCAL BEHAVIOR OF CEBUS MONKEYS 1
Author(s) -
Leander J. David,
Milan Michael A.,
Jasper Kathleen B.,
Heaton Kathleen L.
Publication year - 1972
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.1972.17-229
Subject(s) - reinforcement , schedule , interval (graph theory) , audiology , communication , psychology , computer science , mathematics , medicine , social psychology , combinatorics , operating system
The vocal behavior of three Cebus monkeys was maintained by fixed‐ratio schedules of response dependent reinforcement at values between fixed‐ratio 1 and fixed‐ratio 15. In one monkey that was exposed to variable‐interval, fixed‐interval, and conjunctive fixed‐ratio fixed‐interval schedules of reinforcement, vocal responding occurred at a low rate, but schedule‐appropriate patterns were maintained. The rates and patterns of responding engendered indicated that the vocal operant can be brought under schedule control in the monkey by the use of response‐dependent reinforcement.