VARIABILITY OF RESPONSE LOCATION FOR PIGEONS RESPONDING UNDER CONTINUOUS REINFORCEMENT, INTERMITTENT REINFORCEMENT, AND EXTINCTION 1

The effect of several reinforcement schedules on the variability in topography of a pigeon's key‐peck response was determined. The measure of topography was the location of a key peck within a 10‐in. wide by 0.75‐in. high response key. Food reinforcement was presented from a magazine located be...

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Published in:Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior 1969-01, Vol.12 (1), p.73-80
Main Authors: Eckerman, David A., Lanson, Robert N.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The effect of several reinforcement schedules on the variability in topography of a pigeon's key‐peck response was determined. The measure of topography was the location of a key peck within a 10‐in. wide by 0.75‐in. high response key. Food reinforcement was presented from a magazine located below the center of the response key. Variability in response locus decreased to a low value during training in which each response produced reinforcement. Variability increased when fixed intervals, variable intervals, random intervals, or extinction were scheduled.
ISSN:0022-5002
1938-3711
DOI:10.1901/jeab.1969.12-73