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AVERSIVE PROPERTIES OF TIME-OUT FROM MAXIMAL FIXED-RATIO SCHEDULES OF POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT

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1972
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The aversiveness of time-out from maximal FR schedules of water reinforcement was assessed using rats as Ss. In one stimulus condition, S could produce or avoid TOs by lengthening or shortening pauses - after-reinforcement (PARs). In a second stimulus condition, Ss could similarly produce or prevent periods of stimulus change (SC). Results indicated that TO as S[triangle] or as bar retraction were equally aversive. Ss consistently shortened PARs and maintained the FR reinforcement contingencies, although no differential effects of SC conditions were observed. It was concluded that TO is aversive due to lack of reinforcement availability rather than to any effects specifically linked with extinction or cues associated with non-reinforced responding.
Title: THE AVERSIVE PROPERTIES OF TIME-OUT FROM MAXIMAL FIXED-RATIO SCHEDULES OF POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT.
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Name(s): VOSS, TERENCE JEAN
Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1972
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 56 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The aversiveness of time-out from maximal FR schedules of water reinforcement was assessed using rats as Ss. In one stimulus condition, S could produce or avoid TOs by lengthening or shortening pauses - after-reinforcement (PARs). In a second stimulus condition, Ss could similarly produce or prevent periods of stimulus change (SC). Results indicated that TO as S[triangle] or as bar retraction were equally aversive. Ss consistently shortened PARs and maintained the FR reinforcement contingencies, although no differential effects of SC conditions were observed. It was concluded that TO is aversive due to lack of reinforcement availability rather than to any effects specifically linked with extinction or cues associated with non-reinforced responding.
Identifier: 13494 (digitool), FADT13494 (IID), fau:10339 (fedora)
Note(s): Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1972.
Subject(s): Reinforcement (Psychology)
Extinction (Psychology)
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