FI length and performance of an FI FR chain schedule of reinforcement
- PMID: 13904454
- PMCID: PMC1404100
- DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1962.5-331
FI length and performance of an FI FR chain schedule of reinforcement
Abstract
In a chained FI FR schedule, manipulating the length of the FI component produced changes confined almost entirely to the FI performance; increasing the interval length increased the total number of responses emitted per reinforcement. The configuration of the fixed-interval scallop was clearly modified as the interval length was increased, with the larger intervals becoming flatter (i.e., a larger proportion of the total responses earlier in an interval). Measurement of the postreinforcement pause is suggested as a possible indicator of fixed-interval scalloping.
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