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Title: | The Effects of Partial Reinforcement on Stimulus Control Measured During Extinction |
Authors: | Babb, Margaret Inez |
Advisor: | Jenkins, H. M. |
Department: | Psychology |
Keywords: | partial reinforcement, stimulus control, extinction, response, animals |
Publication Date: | Oct-1969 |
Abstract: | <p> Two experiments, involving 140 subjects, were performed to study the effects of two partial reinforcement variables on measures of stimulus control in extinction. Pigeons were required to make a fixed number of responses ranging from 1 to 64) to terminate discrete trial presentations and were rewarded on a predetermined percentage (ranging from 100% to 25%) of those completed trials. Generalization tests involved repeated nonreinforced presentations of the training stimulus and a new stimulus until animals ceased responding. Stimulus control measured by differences or ratios of responding to the two stimuli increased as response requirement increased. The percent of trials reinforced had no significant effect on either measure of control. Within-trial analyses showed that maximum stimulus control is exerted over the first response, some control continues to be exerted over successive responses, and there is a tendency for control to increase near the end of the requirement. Implications of the research were discussed.</p> |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/20784 |
Appears in Collections: | Digitized Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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