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FIXED‐RATIO PERFORMANCE UNDER CONDITIONS OF DELAYED REINFORCEMENT 1
Author(s) -
Morgan M. J.
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.1972.17-95
Subject(s) - reinforcement , computer science , psychology , social psychology
Four rats were trained on a schedule in which completion of a fixed number of lever presses initiated a signalled delay period, at the end of which food was delivered. Lever presses made during the delay had no scheduled consequences. Delays of 12, 3, and 0.75 sec were used, and it was found that the latency of the first response after food (the post‐reinforcement pause) increased with length of delay. There was, on the other hand, no consistent effect of delay upon rates of responding after the post‐reinforcement pause.