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Title: | Partial Reinforcement of a Conditioned Emotional Response |
Authors: | Hilton, Anthony |
Advisor: | Kamin, L. J. |
Department: | Psychology |
Keywords: | partial reinforcement, conditioned, emotional response |
Publication Date: | Dec-1967 |
Abstract: | <p> Experiments were conducted, with rats, to ascertain the effects of partial reinforcement in aversive classical conditioning. Conditioned suppression of bar-pressing was more resistant to extinction following intermittent reinforcement of a conditioned stimulus than following consistent reinforcement. This effect was obtained whether or not bar-pressing was permitted during conditioning as well as during extinction. The effect was amplified by interpolating a large block of nonreinforced trials early in the partial schedule; it was eliminated by adding more reinforced trials prior to the partial schedule. The effect was not obtained by interpolating a large block of nonreinforcements in a continuous schedule. The data were related to current theoretical conceptions of partial reinforcement.</p> |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/20857 |
Appears in Collections: | Digitized Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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