Relating multiple-schedule component preference and relative within-component response rates

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley J. Weiss ◽  
David A. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Schedule ◽  
Response Rates ◽  
Schedule Component

scholarly journals SUCCESSIVE INDEPENDENCE OF MULTIPLE-SCHEDULE COMPONENT PERFORMANCES

1988 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony P. McLean
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Schedule ◽  
Schedule Component

The effect of methyl n-butyl ketone on response rates of rats performing on a multiple schedule of reinforcement

1977 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.Kent Anger ◽  
Dennis W. Lynch
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Schedule ◽  
Response Rates ◽  
Schedule Of Reinforcement ◽  
Butyl Ketone

Behavioral Contrast in Pigeons with Qualitatively Different Reinforcers

1979 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 535-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald L. Pingrey ◽  
Denis L. Delehanty ◽  
D. Alan Stubbs
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Schedule ◽  
Contrast Effect ◽  
Reinforcement Schedule ◽  
Behavioral Contrast ◽  
Positive Contrast ◽  
Response Rates ◽  
Positive Contrast Effect ◽  
Positive Behavioral Contrast ◽  
Extinction Component

Three white Carneaux pigeons were trained to respond on a mult VI 1-min. (milo reinforcement), VI 1-min. (pea reinforcement) schedule when each component was associated with a different key, feeder, and reinforcer. The experiment was divided into four phases. In Phases 1 and 3, baseline rates of responding were established. In experimental Phases 2 and 4, one component of the multiple schedule was changed to extinction. During the experimental phases, response rates decreased in the extinction component and increased in the unchanged component (positive behavioral contrast). The increase in responding in the unchanged component was greater when the more valued reinforcer was extinguished. These findings are very similar to those reported by Beninger and Kendall (1975) and extend the positive contrast effect to another species, pigeons.

Response Persistence under Variable-Time Schedules following Immediate and Unsignalled Delayed Reinforcement

2003 ◽  
Vol 56 (3b) ◽  
pp. 267-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam H. Doughty ◽  
Kennon A. Lattal
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Schedule ◽  
Relative Rate ◽  
Variable Interval ◽  
Response Rates ◽  
Fixed Time ◽  
Response Strength ◽  
Food Delivery ◽  
Delayed Reinforcement ◽  
Variable Time ◽  
Response Persistence

Key pecking of three pigeons was maintained in separate components of a multiple schedule by either immediate reinforcement (i.e., tandem variable-time fixed-interval schedule) or unsignalled delayed reinforcement (i.e., tandem variable-interval fixed-time schedule). The relative rate of food delivery was equal across components, and this absolute rate differed across conditions. Immediate reinforcement always generated higher response rates than did unsignalled delayed reinforcement. Then, variable-time schedules of food delivery replaced the contingencies just described such that food was delivered at the same rate but independently of responding. In most cases, response rates decreased to near-zero levels. In addition, response persistence was not systematically different between multiple-schedule components across pigeons. The implications of the results for the concepts of response strength and the response-reinforcer relation are noted.

scholarly journals Effects of the Type of Reinforcer on Renewal of Operant Responding

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cinthia Hernández ◽  
Kenneth Madrigal ◽  
Carlos Flores
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Schedule ◽  
Lever Press ◽  
Response Rates ◽  
Operant Responding ◽  
Two Component ◽  
Lever Pressing ◽  
Renewal Effect ◽  
Acquisition Response

Some studies have identified that ABA renewal seems to depend on how response-reinforcer contingency is established. Using rats as subjects, the present study assessed ABA and ABB renewal using a two-component multiple schedule (VI30 s - VI30 s) each with a different reinforcer (pellets or sucrose). 16 subjects were trained to lever-press during 20 sessions in Context A; lever-pressing was extinguished during 10 sessions in Context B. And for the renewal test, 8 subjects were tested in Context A (Group ABA); whereas, the rest were tested in Context B (Group ABB). During acquisition, response rates were higher on the pellets component than the sucrose component; during extinction, response rates decreased to near-zero responses. A renewal effect was observed only for Group ABA during test, showing no differences between components. Our results suggest that different type of reinforcers do not seem to affect ABA renewal, using different contexts allows for renewal to be observed regardless of the differences in response rates during acquisition.

Stimulus Discrimination through Intracranial Reinforcement

1966 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 891-895 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. C. Wolff ◽  
D. D. Burnstein ◽  
R. K. Flory ◽  
J. Mabry
Keyword(s):  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Multiple Schedule ◽  
Response Rates ◽  
Posterior Hypothalamus ◽  
Mammillary Body ◽  
Body Area ◽  
Discriminative Stimuli ◽  
Implanted Electrodes ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Self Stimulation

5 satiated rats and a guinea pig with chronically implanted electrodes were operantly conditioned to respond on a lever to receive intracranial self-stimulation (I.C.S.) under a multiple schedule of reinforcement. Response rates, under the control of visual or auditory discriminative stimuli, were appropriately high or low according to the requirements of the schedule. Alternating changes of the discriminative stimuli resulted in immediate shifting of response rates by Ss. Electrode placements were in the mammillary body area and the posterior hypothalamus. The findings indicate that I.C.S. reinforcement can be used to study discrimination acquisition in lower organisms.

Response Rates in Online Surveys With Affective Disorder Participants

2020 ◽  
Vol 228 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanja Burgard ◽  
Michael Bošnjak ◽  
Nadine Wedderhoff
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Response Rates ◽  
Contact Mode ◽  
General Anxiety Disorder ◽  
General Anxiety ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Survey Participation ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Design Characteristics ◽  
E Mail

Abstract. A meta-analysis was performed to determine whether response rates to online psychology surveys have decreased over time and the effect of specific design characteristics (contact mode, burden of participation, and incentives) on response rates. The meta-analysis is restricted to samples of adults with depression or general anxiety disorder. Time and study design effects are tested using mixed-effects meta-regressions as implemented in the metafor package in R. The mean response rate of the 20 studies fulfilling our meta-analytic inclusion criteria is approximately 43%. Response rates are lower in more recently conducted surveys and in surveys employing longer questionnaires. Furthermore, we found that personal invitations, for example, via telephone or face-to-face contacts, yielded higher response rates compared to e-mail invitations. As predicted by sensitivity reinforcement theory, no effect of incentives on survey participation in this specific group (scoring high on neuroticism) could be observed.

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