scholarly journals RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RESPONSE RATE AND REINFORCEMENT FREQUENCY IN VARIABLE-INTERVAL SCHEDULES: III. THE EFFECT OF d -AMPHETAMINE

1981 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Bradshaw ◽  
H. V. Ruddle ◽  
E. Szabadi
Keyword(s):  
Response Rate ◽  
Variable Interval ◽  
Reinforcement Frequency

Behaviour of Humans in Concurrent Schedules Programmed on Spatially Separated Operanda

1979 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 509-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Ruddle ◽  
C. M. Bradshaw ◽  
E. Szabadi ◽  
P. Bevan
Keyword(s):  
Response Rate ◽  
Perfect Matching ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Variable Interval ◽  
Choice Situation ◽  
Interval Schedule ◽  
Reinforcement Frequency ◽  
Continuous Choice ◽  
Absolute Response Rate ◽  
Matching Equation

Six human subjects responded on either of two levers for monetary reinforcement in a continuous choice situation. Responses on one lever (lever A) were reinforced at different frequencies specified by five variable-interval schedules. Reinforcements for responding on the other lever (lever B) were delivered according to a variable-interval schedule of standard reinforcement frequency. Results indicated that absolute response rate on lever A increased, while absolute response rate on lever B decreased as a function of reinforcement frequency for lever A. In terms of preference, the data conformed closely to Baum's (1974) generalized matching equation. Performances departing from perfect matching were obtained in four cases, but these deviations were not systematic either in the direction of overmatching or undermatching.

Human Variable—Interval Performance

1976 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 881-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Bradshaw ◽  
E. Szabadi ◽  
P. Bevan
Keyword(s):  
Response Rate ◽  
Variable Interval ◽  
Reinforcement Frequency ◽  
Rectangular Hyperbola ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Monetary Reinforcement

Subjects pressed a burtton for monetary reinforcement in a range of variable-interval schedules. The relationship between response rate and reinforcement frequency could be described by a rectangular hyperbola.

Sucrose Concentration as Reinforcement for Lever Pressing by Monkeys

1956 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald G. Conrad ◽  
Murray Sidman
Keyword(s):  
Food Deprivation ◽  
Rhesus Monkeys ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Sucrose Concentration ◽  
Variable Interval ◽  
Variable Interval Schedule ◽  
Interval Schedule ◽  
Satiation Effect ◽  
Low Concentrations ◽  
Lever Pressing

3 rhesus monkeys were given various concentrations of sucrose for lever pressing on a variable interval schedule of reinforcement. 7 sucrose concentrations were studied at 2 levels of food deprivation. The response rates accelerated rapidly with increasing concentrations, and then declined after reaching a maximum, generally between 15 and 30% sucrose concentration. The decline was attributed to a satiation effect. The higher level of food deprivation tended to increase the response rate at all but the extreme high and low concentrations.

Opioid-induced response-rate decrements in pigeons responding under variable-interval schedules

1992 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 581???592 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Egli ◽  
D. W. Schaal ◽  
T. Thompson ◽  
J. Cleary
Keyword(s):  
Response Rate ◽  
Variable Interval ◽  
Induced Response

Response Rate and Conditioned Suppression

1966 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 687-693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek Blackman
Keyword(s):  
Conditioned Suppression ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Reinforcement Frequency

Two experiments are reported in which a yoked-box design permitted variation of response rate while reinforcement frequency was controlled. In both studies, rats responding at high rates showed more conditioned suppression than their partners responding at lower rates.

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