CONDITIONING HISTORY AND THE CONTROL OF HUMAN AVOIDANCE AND ESCAPE RESPONDING1

Autor: Harold Weiner
Rok vydání: 1969
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Zdroj: Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 12:1039-1043
ISSN: 0022-5002
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1969.12-1039
Popis: Inter-subject differences in response rates under free-operant avoidance and escape schedules are commonly obtained from humans. Data are presented which demonstrate that such differences can be controlled experimentally by giving subjects different conditioning histories. Subjects given a fixed-ratio history avoided and/or escaped from "point-loss periods" at higher rates than subjects given a differential-reinforcement-of-low-rates history. History related differences in response rates were maintained during 40 hr of escape responding. For low-rates history subjects, response rates under escape contingencies decreased as the rate of point-loss periods decreased.
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