Schedules of ReinforcementMost of the work was carried out under contract to the Office of Naval Research under Contracts NO. N5ori-07631 and N5ori-07656 with Harvard University between September 1, 1949 and June 30, 1955. |
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Chapter Page | 1 |
MULTIPLE SCHEDULES | 503 |
MIXED SCHEDULES | 580 |
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Schedules of Reinforcement Charles B. Ferster,Burrhus Frederic Skinner,Charles B Ferster No preview available - 1997 |
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0.25 IO MINUTES 2nd session 300 RESPONSES R's/SEC added counter appears approximately arrow begins behavior bird showed blue key body-weight chain clock color continues decline differential reinforcement drl contingency effect emitted experiment extinction curve fairly Figure final performance fixed ratio fixed-interval fixed-ratio schedule following session following the reinforcement forcement formance high rate higher rate increase inforcement intermediate rate key-color long pause low rate lower rate marked ment MINUTES Fig MINUTES R's/SEC multiple schedule negative acceleration negative curvature number of responses pause after reinforcement period preceding produces R's R's/SEC R's/SEC 300 RESPONSES rate of responding ratio performance ratio rate Record B shows rein RESPONSES 0.5 responses occur responses per second RESPONSES R's/SEC 0.5 rough grain running rate schedule of reinforcement second bird session Record short ratio shown in Fig slight slit sodium pentobarbital sponses stable performance stimulus control sustained transition from crf variable-interval