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. 1964 Sep;7(5):383–385. doi: 10.1901/jeab.1964.7-383

Conditioning history and human fixed-interval performance1

Harold Weiner
PMCID: PMC1404332  PMID: 14218297

Abstract

The effects of two different conditioning histories upon human operant behavior under a FI 10-sec schedule of point reinforcements were investigated. Relatively high rates of continuous inter-reinforcement responding characterized the FI 10-sec performance of subjects with an FR 40 conditioning history. Low response rates with little or no inter-reinforcement responding were emitted by Ss with a DRL 20-sec conditioning history.

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