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PERIODICITIES WITHIN A FIXED‐INTERVAL SESSION 1
Author(s) -
Wearden J. H.
Publication year - 1979
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.1979.31-345
Subject(s) - interval (graph theory) , session (web analytics) , value (mathematics) , statistics , mathematics , computer science , combinatorics , world wide web
Within‐session periodicities in number of responses per interval and postreinforcement pauses were investigated on fixed‐interval schedules of 1, 2, and 3 minutes with rats. Post‐reinforcement pause values and the number of responses in successive intervals were not systematically related. The direction of change of these variables from one pair of intervals to the next revealed periodicities in that the direction of change varied more than would be expected by chance. A response prevention technique used to manipulate the length of time spent responding in an interval had little effect on the postreinforcement pause value of the next interval except when only a single response was permitted in an interval. This procedure tended to reduce the postreinforcement pause value of the next interval to an abnormally low level.