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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"rate of responding"”.
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An investigation of the relationship between rate of responding during and acquisition and resistance to experimental extinction.
The aim of the present series of experiments was to show that a direct relationship exists between two measures of response strength- rate of responding and resistance to extinction. Experiments I and II used a different subjects design, with three pigeons, one at each level of the independent …
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The Effects of Rate of Responding on Retention, Endurance, Stability, and Application of Performance on a Match-to-sample Task.
… retention, endurance, stability, and application of the material learned. Fluent performers not only respond quickly during training, they also make many correct responses during training. The current study used a within-subject design to analyze the effects of increased response rates on …
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The Effects of Extinction on Human Performance Following Exposure to Fixed Ratio Schedules of Reinforcement
This experiment examined the effects of extinction on rate of responding and several topographical and temporal measures in adult humans. Three college students were trained to type the sequence 1•5•3 on a numeric keypad on a computer. The subjects were exposed to different fixed-ratio schedules of …
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The Effects of Rate Contingent Consequences and Charting on Response Rates for Two Children with Autism.
This study investigated the effects of a precision teaching package on response rates of children with autism. Prior to both experiments a preference assessment was conducted to identify high preference activities for each participant. Experiment 1 investigated whether response rates would shift as …
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Fluency and controlled-operant training methods
… numbers. Responses were made orally with the use of voice recognition software. One training method presented 50 stimuli on a computer monitor at a time (No ITIs). The other two methods (0s and 1.5s ITIs) presented stimuli separately on the monitor using discrete trials. Inter trial intervals were …
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An Evaluation of the Effects of Fixed-Time Schedules on Response Maintenance
Response-independent schedules of reinforcement (e.g., fixed-time schedules) have typically been shown to decrease the rate of responding. However, researchers have suggested that responses may maintain under response-independent schedules, although it is currently unclear as to what mechanisms are …
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Effects of external contingencies on an actively caring behavior: a field test of intrinsic motivation theory
… programs and incentive plans are popular methods of increasing desired behaviors in applied settings. Yet, opponents of "carrot and stick" interventions claim these programs are perceived as controlling and as a result are counterproductive to people's intrinsic motivation to emit a desired …
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The Effects of Manipulating One Requirement of a Conjunctive Schedule on Responding in the Pigeon
The problem. The primary purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of systematically increasing the ratio requirement of a conjunctive fixed-interval fixed-ratio schedule on responding during the fixed interval. Procedure. Three experimentally-naive homing pigeons initially trained to …
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CONDITIONED REINFORCEMENT FROM SHOCK TERMINATION.
This study addressed the question of whether or not a stimulus paired with the termination of shock would acquire a positive conditioned reinforcing function. Previous investigators have suggested that a stimulus paired with shock termination must increase the frequency of a response upon which it …
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Touchscreen Assessment of Motivation and Reinforcement-Related Choice Behaviour in Mice
… describes the development and optimisation of a set of touchscreen tasks for the assessment of motivation and reinforcement processes in mice. Changes in motivational state and reinforcement sensitivity are characteristic of depressive symptoms in a number of neuropsychiatric and …