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PubMed1964

SELF-PRESENTATION AND SELF-TERMINATION OF A CONFLICT-PRODUCING STIMULUS.

Rats could press a lever to initiate or terminate a stimulus that was associated with intermittent rewards and punishments. Subjects spent time in both the stimulus-on and stimulus-off condition and oscillated frequently between the two conditions. This method provides continuous, quantitative records of oscillatory behavior and is sensitive to manipulations of shock intensity and food deprivation as well as the relative frequency of reward and punishment.

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PubMed1964

STIMULUS GENERALIZATION AND THE RESPONSE-REINFORCEMENT CONTINGENCY.

Generalization gradients along a line-tilt continuum were obtained from groups of pigeons that had been trained to peck a key on different schedules of reinforcement. In Exp. I, gradients following training on a differential-reinforcement-of-low-rate (DRL) schedule proved to be much flatter than gradients following the usual 1-min variable interval (VI) training. In Exp. II, the value of the VI schedule itself was parametrically studied; Ss trained on long VI schedules (e.g., 4-min) produced much flatter gradients than Ss trained on short VI schedules (30-sec; 1-min). The results were interpreted mainly in terms of the relative control exerted by internal, proprioceptive cues on the different reinforcement schedules. Several implications of the results for other problems in the field of stimulus generalization are discussed.

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