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. 1972 Mar;17(2):213–219. doi: 10.1901/jeab.1972.17-213

Timeout and concurrent fixed-ratio schedules with human subjects1

Sebastian Striefel
PMCID: PMC1333961  PMID: 16811583

Abstract

Human subjects given choices among 10 different pairs of concurrent fixed-ratio schedules preferred the smaller ratio. After a preference had been determined, timeout of increasing duration followed the completion of the preferred schedule. The larger the fixed-ratio difference, the longer the timeout necessary to produce the shift to the previously nonpreferred ratio. Responses by two of three subjects were unaffected by changes from response-dependent to response-independent pay.

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