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. 1965 Jul;8(4):255–260. doi: 10.1901/jeab.1965.8-255

Sequential response effects in the white rat during conditioning and extinction on a DRL schedule, 1,2

D P Ferraro, W N Schoenfeld, A G Snapper
PMCID: PMC1338087  PMID: 14342032

Abstract

Sequential IRT data were obtained for three rats on a DRL 60-sec reinforcement schedule. It was found that first-order sequential dependencies exist under this schedule, including the partial dependence of the length of any given IRT on the length of the preceding IRT. The sequential analysis also served to extend the finding in the literature, based on frequency distributions, that the likelihood of a reinforced IRT is greater after a reinforced IRT than a non-reinforced IRT. Rapid extinction and reconditioning were obtained.

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