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. 1987 Jul;48(1):61–80. doi: 10.1901/jeab.1987.48-61

Stimulus- and pellet-induced drinking during a successive discrimination

Thomas R Minor
PMCID: PMC1338744  PMID: 16812488

Abstract

In three experiments, interim water drinking was examined in rats exposed to a multiple schedule whose two components were extinction and a variable-time 30-s schedule of food delivery. Two different drinking patterns were observed in Experiment 1. Pellet-induced drinking, characterized by high rates of postpellet drinking in the variable-time component, with little or no drinking in extinction, occurred when the acquisition of stable postpellet drinking preceded discrimination training. Stimulus-induced drinking, characterized by a burst of drinking at the onset of extinction, with no drinking during the variable-time schedule, occurred when discrimination training preceded all other experimental conditions. With extended training, stimulus-induced drinking eventually was accompanied by postpellet drinking. In Experiment 2, the rate of stimulus-induced drinking and the number of sessions during which it occurred without postpellet drinking were found to be inversely related to component duration. In Experiment 3, the rate of schedule-induced drinking was found to vary directly with component duration.

Keywords: interim behavior, adjunctive behavior, drinking, multiple schedule, mixed schedule, component duration, rats

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