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The present experiment explores the relative frequency of responding further. In the earlier study it was shown that the output of behavior to each of two keys may be controlled by specific requirements of outputs. Now we are investigating output as a function of frequency of reinforcement. The earlier experiment may be considered a study of differential reinforcement; the present one, a study of strength of response. Both experiments are attempts to elucidate the properties of rdlative frequency of responding as a dependent variable. MI,THOD quirement. Subjects Three adult, male, White Carneaux pigeons, maintained at 80% of free-feeding weights, and experimentally naive at the start of the study, were used. Apparatus A conventional experimental chamber for pigeons (Ferster & Skinner, 1957) was modified to contain two response-keys. Each key was a hinged, translucent Plexiglas plate mounted behind a hole in the center partition of the chamber. The pigeons pecked at a circular.area (diameter = 0.75 inch) of the plate, and a force of at least 15 grams was necessary to activate the controlling circuitry. Any effective response operated an audible relay behind the center partition; it has been found that the resulting auditory feedback stabilizes the topography of
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior – Wiley
Published: Jul 1, 1961
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