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MAINTENANCE OF BEHAVIOR CONTROLLING THE DURATION OF DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULI 1
Author(s) -
Leyland C. Mark,
Honig Werner K.
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.1975.24-207
Subject(s) - stimulus control , reinforcement , stimulus (psychology) , discriminative model , psychology , audiology , schedule , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , neuroscience , social psychology , artificial intelligence , computer science , medicine , nicotine , operating system
The maintenance of a response controlling the duration of positive and negative discriminative stimuli in a multiple schedule was examined with respect to the possible consequences of the response: none, escape from the negative stimulus, production of the positive stimulus, and initiation of the reinforcement schedule associated with the latter. The last two seemed to be the major factors in producing and maintaining the response. Escape from the negative stimulus maintained it in most subjects, but only at a much lower level.