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. 1965 Jul;8(4):199–202. doi: 10.1901/jeab.1965.8-199

Relative rate of response and relative magnitude of reinforcement in multiple schedules1

Sara Shettleworth, John A Nevin
PMCID: PMC1338077  PMID: 14342023

Abstract

Pigeons were trained on a multiple schedule in which the duration of access to grain reinforcement was varied independently in the two components. The relative response rate in one component was an increasing function of the relative duration of reinforcement in that component. The similarity of this interaction to that found in multiple schedules of different reinforcement frequency is discussed. Extinction data were also similar to those obtained after training on multiple schedules of different reinforcement frequency.

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