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CONDITIONING OF A FREE OPERANT IN OCTOPUS CYANEUS GRAY 1
Author(s) -
Crancher Pamela,
King M. G.,
Bennett Adrienne,
Montgomery R. B.
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.1972.17-359
Subject(s) - operant conditioning , reinforcement , octopus (software) , extinction (optical mineralogy) , conditioning , gray (unit) , biology , psychology , statistics , mathematics , physics , medicine , social psychology , paleontology , nuclear medicine , quantum mechanics
Operant conditioning was studied in six specimens of Octopus cyaneus Gray. An “arm‐out‐of‐water” operant, in which the octopus inserted an arm up a feeding‐tube breaking the water surface, proved susceptible to reinforcement schedules. An apparatus was developed that provided automated reinforcement and recording. Performance was studied under continuous reinforcement, fixed‐ratio and variable‐ratio schedules, and extinction conditions.