1. Response rate of turtles to fixed ratio reinforcement
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F. T. Crawford, Perrie M. Adams, and J. M. Whitt
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Response rate (survey) ,Animal science ,education ,Test chamber ,General Chemistry ,Reinforcement ,Psychology ,Fixed ratio ,Catalysis - Abstract
Two groups of turtles were given training on fixed ratio schedules of reinforcement. The first group was trained daily in 10 min. sessions but increases in ratio schedule were not made in unitary increments. The second group was trained with a two day interval between 30 min. training sessions with unitary increments in the ratio schedules. The performance of the groups was similar in that subjects in neither group showed a significant increase in response rate. The performance of the first, however, was sustained over higher ratio schedules before showing decreased response rates.
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- 1966