Abstract
In a temporally defined system of reinforcement schedules, the fixed interval case is defined when reinforcement probability, P, is equal to unity for the first response in any cycle length, T; when P is less than 1.0, random interval schedules emerge wherein T/P specifies the expected interval between reinforcements. Key-pecking rates were found to be: (a) inversely related to T/P; (b) higher at T=1.0 second than at other T parameter values; (c) low and linear at several T and T/P values. The mean post-reinforcement pause, if initially small, increased, and if initially large, decreased, as T/P increased.
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