Premium
ECCENTRIC STIMULI ON MULTIPLE FIXED‐INTERVAL SCHEDULES 1
Author(s) -
Kello John E.,
Innis Nancy K.,
Staddon J. E. R.
Publication year - 1975
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.1975.23-233
Subject(s) - eccentric , interval (graph theory) , computer science , psychology , speech recognition , artificial intelligence , mathematics , combinatorics , engineering , structural engineering
The effects of presenting a different (“eccentric”) stimulus for one interval during either or both components of a cyclic multiple fixed‐interval fixed‐interval schedule, with 12 short and four long intervals per cycle, were studied in three experiments. Eccentric stimuli in the short‐interval component reliably produced a persistent, substantial elevation in key‐peck rate. The effect appears to depend on schedule context and an initial “disinhibiting” effect of the eccentric stimulus.