Molecular contingencies in schedules of intermittent punishment.

Abstract:

:In two experiments, key pecking of pigeons was maintained by a variable-interval 180-s schedule of food presentation. Conjointly, a second schedule delivered response-dependent electric shock. In the first experiment, shocks were presented according to either a variable-interval or a nondifferential interval-percentile schedule. The variable-interval shock schedule differentially delivered shocks following long interresponse times. Although the nondifferential shock schedules delivered shocks less differentially with respect to interresponse times, the two shock schedules equally reduced the relative frequency of long interresponse times. The second experiment differentially shocked long or short interresponse times in different conditions, with resulting decreases in the relative frequency of the targeted interresponse times. These experiments highlight the importance of selecting the appropriate level of analysis for the interaction of behavior and environment. Orderly relations present at one level of analysis (e.g., interresponse times) may not be revealed at other levels of analysis (e.g., overall response rate).

journal_name

J Exp Anal Behav

authors

Arbuckle JL,Lattal KA

doi

10.1901/jeab.1992.58-361

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1992-09-01 00:00:00

pages

361-75

issue

2

eissn

0022-5002

issn

1938-3711

journal_volume

58

pub_type

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