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CONCURRENT AVOIDANCE OF SHOCKS BY PIGEONS PECKING A KEY
Author(s) -
Ferrari Elenice A. de Moraes,
Todorov João Claudio
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.1980.34-329
Subject(s) - key (lock) , shock (circulatory) , interval (graph theory) , schedule , avoidance learning , pecking order , avoidance response , psychology , computer science , mathematics , neuroscience , medicine , biology , computer security , ecology , combinatorics , operating system
Three pigeons were studied on concurrent, unsignaled, avoidance schedules in a two‐key procedure. Shock‐shock intervals were two seconds in both schedules. The response‐shock interval on one key was always 22 seconds, while the response‐shock interval associated with the other key was varied from 7 to 52 seconds in different experimental conditions. Response rates on the key associated with the varied schedule tended to decrease when the response‐shock interval length was increased. Responding on the key associated with the constant schedule was not systematically affected.