Abstract
Three pigeons were trained on two-link chained fixed-interval fixed-interval schedules. Numbers of responses, time spent responding, and the total time spent in each component were measured. The data were analyzed according to the matching law for multiple and concurrent schedules. In most conditions, the ratio of response rates in the two links was a constant proportion of the ratio that would be predicted in a multiple schedule with the same components. Data on pauses during the interval schedules showed that, in most conditions, the pause duration was a linear function of the interval length, and greater in the initial link than in the terminal link. The experiment thus demonstrated a quantitative functional analysis of performance on a chained schedule.
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