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Resistance to Extinction and Relapse in Combined Stimulus Contexts
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Podlesnik, Christopher A.; Bai, John Y. H.; Elliffe, Douglas – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2012
Reinforcing an alternative response in the same context as a target response reduces the rate of occurrence but increases the persistence of that target response. Applied researchers who use such techniques to decrease the rate of a target problem behavior risk inadvertently increasing the persistence of the same problem behavior. Behavioral…
Descriptors: Persistence, Behavior Problems, Reinforcement, Classical Conditioning
Acute and Chronic Effects of Cocaine on the Spontaneous Behavior of Pigeons
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Pinkston, Jonathan W.; Branch, Marc N. – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2010
The present experiment examined the effects of acute and daily cocaine on spontaneous behavior patterns of pigeons. After determining the acute effects of a range of doses, 9 pigeons were divided into three groups that received one of three doses of cocaine daily, either 1.0, 3.0, or 10.0 mg/kg cocaine. Measures were taken of spontaneous…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cocaine, Persistence, Psychomotor Skills
Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior Increases Resistance to Extinction: Clinical Demonstration, Animal Modeling, and Clinical Test of One Solution
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Mace, F. Charles; McComas, Jennifer J.; Mauro, Benjamin C.; Progar, Patrick R.; Taylor, Bridget; Ervin, Ruth; Zangrillo, Amanda N. – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2010
Basic research with pigeons on behavioral momentum suggests that differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA) can increase the resistance of target behavior to change. This finding suggests that clinical applications of DRA may inadvertently increase the persistence of target behavior even as it decreases its frequency. We conducted…
Descriptors: Animals, Behavior Problems, Persistence, Reinforcement
Effects of Social Isolation and Social Separation in Domestic Chicks
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Rajecki, D. W.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1977
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Social Influences
Response Reduction through the Superimposition of Continuous Reinforcement: A Systematic Replication.
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Wylie, A. Michael; Grosmann, J. A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1988
The study evaluated the effectiveness of superimposition and subsequent removal of a schedule of continuous reinforcement (CRF) as a rate-decreasing procedure in efforts to eliminate unwanted behaviors. Examination of lever-pressing patterns of eight male rats showed responding was substantially reduced during the superimposition of CRF but…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems
Determinants of Infant Behaviour IV.
Foss, B. M., Ed. – 1969
This volume consists of reports of individual studies and surveys of research work on mother-infant interactions. It is divided into two parts. The first section presents a wide range of studies on mother-infant relations as exhibited in the behavior of animals. The second part, concerning human behavior, includes studies on the natural history of…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavior Problems, Cognitive Development
Maternal Attachment and Mothering Disorders. Pediatric Round Table: 1. Second Edition.
Klaus, Marshall H., Ed.; And Others – 1982
The process by which parents become attached to their infants was the focus of a roundtable discussion. Participating were students of the attachment process in various animal species, as well as clinicians and researchers, from various disciplines, engaged in studying the development of attachment in parents of normal infants, parents of…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Problems, Birth