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CHANGEOVER DELAY EFFECTS ON TOPOGRAPHICALLY TAGGED DISCRIMINATIVE BEHAVIOR
Author(s) -
White K. Geoffrey
Publication year - 1982
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.1982.37-295
Subject(s) - changeover , discriminative model , key (lock) , reinforcement , signal (programming language) , computer science , operant conditioning , schedule , extinction (optical mineralogy) , duration (music) , artificial intelligence , psychology , transmission (telecommunications) , telecommunications , social psychology , acoustics , computer security , paleontology , physics , biology , programming language , operating system
In a multiple variable‐interval extinction schedule, pigeons' responses on an operant key were differentially reinforced in the presence of discriminative stimuli located on a signal key. Changeover delays of zero, one, two, or four seconds specified the time following a signal‐key response within which an operant‐key response was not reinforced. Systematic reduction of signal‐key response rates with increasing changeover‐delay duration indicated that signal‐key responding was largely maintained by reinforcement of adventitious signal‐key/operant‐key response chains.