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PHYSICAL RESTRAINT PRODUCES RAPID ACQUISITION OF THE PIGEON'S KEY PECK
Author(s) -
Locurto C. M.,
Travers Tania,
Terrace H. S.,
Gibbon John
Publication year - 1980
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.1980.34-13
Subject(s) - pecking order , peck (imperial) , psychology , interval (graph theory) , key (lock) , communication , computer science , mathematics , biology , computer security , ecology , geometry , combinatorics
The acquisition and maintenance of autoshaped key pecking in pigeons was studied as a function of intertrial interval. At each of six intervals, which ranged from 12 seconds to 384 seconds, four pigeons were physically restrained during training while four other pigeons were not restrained. Restrained subjects acquired key pecking faster and with less intragroup variability at each interval. The effects of restraint were specific to acquisition and were not evident in maintained responding after five postacquisition sessions.