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VARYING THE TEMPORAL PLACEMENT OF A DRINKING OPPORTUNITY IN A FIXED‐INTERVAL SCHEDULE
Author(s) -
Raul Avila S.,
Bruner Carlos A.
Publication year - 1994
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.1994.62-307
Subject(s) - reinforcement , schedule , lever , water consumption , stimulus (psychology) , food delivery , computer science , water source , simulation , real time computing , audiology , psychology , social psychology , cognitive psychology , environmental science , engineering , environmental engineering , medicine , water resource management , advertising , business , mechanical engineering , operating system
Three rats, lever pressing for food delivered on a fixed‐interval 128‐s schedule, were presented with a 16‐s opportunity to drink from a retractable water source. The temporal placement of the water probe within the reinforcement cycle was varied sequentially, in steps of 16 s. Although the lever‐pressing pattern was modulated by the intercalated water probe, water consumption during the probe itself was a decreasing function of time from the following reinforcer. These results were interpreted as evidence against the notion that schedule‐induced drinking is a “ubiquitous” phenomenon and are congruent with results from other “intruded stimulus” experiments.