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Lee, Ronald; Sturmey, Peter; Fields, Lanny – Psychological Record, 2007
Response variability, a fundamental characteristic of behavior, may be in some cases an induced effect of reinforcement schedules. Research on schedule-induced response variability has shown that continuous reinforcement results in less variability than intermittent reinforcement schedules. Studies on the effects of intermittency of reinforcement,…
Descriptors: Investigations, Reinforcement, Research, Responses
Hersen, Michel – J Gen Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Students, Experiments, Responses
Hopper, Allen E.; and others – Psychol Rep, 1969
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Hostility, Responses
Massari, David J. – 1971
One hundred twenty-eight preschool boys were subjects in a 4x2x2 factorial design to investigate the change in reinforcer efficacy as a function of prior stimulus exposure. The factors were: (1) amount of repetition, 5, 25, 45, or 65; (2) reinforcer, good or bell; and (3) satiator, good or bell. Two additional groups were run as control groups to…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Discrimination Learning, Extinction (Psychology), Learning