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dc.contributor.advisor | Jenkins, H.M. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Brown, Paul L. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-17T23:04:39Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2016-11-17T23:04:39Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1968-05 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/20817 | - |
dc.description | Title: Some Effects of Unconditional Reinforcement in the Pigeon, Author: Paul L. Brown, Location: Thode | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | <p>Reliable acquisition of the pigeon's key-peck and development of observing responses (defined as any response which exposes an organism to discriminative stimuli) resulted after repeated unconditional (response independent) presentations of food after a response key was momentarily illuminated. Comparison groups showed that the acquisition of key-pecking was dependent upon light-food pairings, in that order. When compared with hand-shaping, the present method saves time and labor and produces the key-peck with surprising regularity. A technique for the measurement of observing responses in the same situation was developed. Use of the technique revealed that observing responses developed prior to key-pecking and both forms of behavior were maintained despite the absence of differential reinforcement. Pigeons preferred to view a stimulus which predicted that reinforcement was forthcoming rather than a similar non-informative stimulus. The simplicity of implementation and rapidity with which results may be gathered, recommend this technique for further investigation of the features which support observing responses.</p> | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.title | Some Effects of Unconditional Reinforcement in the Pigeon | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Occupational Therapy | en_US |
dc.description.degreetype | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) | en_US |
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