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DIFFERENCES IN THE EFFECT OF PAVLOVIAN CONTINGENCIES UPON BEHAVIORAL MOMENTUM USING AUDITORY VERSUS VISUAL STIMULI
Author(s) -
Mauro Benjamin C.,
Mace F. Charles
Publication year - 1996
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.1996.65-389
Subject(s) - psychology , reinforcement , stimulus (psychology) , stimulus modality , auditory stimuli , stimulus control , classical conditioning , extinction (optical mineralogy) , sensory system , discriminative model , conditioning , audiology , neuroscience , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , perception , social psychology , artificial intelligence , nicotine , medicine , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , biology , computer science
We examined the role of Pavlovian and operant relations in behavioral momentum by arranging response‐contingent alternative reinforcement in one component of a three‐component multiple concurrent schedule with rats. This permitted the simultaneous arranging of different response—reinforcer (operant) and stimulus—reinforcer (Pavlovian) contingencies during three baseline conditions. Auditory or visual stimuli were used as discriminative stimuli within the multiple concurrent schedules. Resistance to change of a target response was assessed during a single session of extinction following each baseline condition. The rate of the target response during baseline varied inversely with the rate of response‐contingent reinforcement derived from a concurrent source, regardless of whether the discriminative stimuli were auditory or visual. Resistance to change of the target response, however, did depend on the discriminative‐stimulus modality. Resistance to change in the presence of visual stimuli was a positive function of the Pavlovian contingencies, whereas resistance to change was unrelated to either the operant or Pavlovian contingencies when the discriminative stimuli were auditory. Stimulus salience may be a factor in determining the differences in resistance to change across sensory modalities.