Perseveration of the Partial Reinforcement Effect in Extinction with Rats over Two Phases of Extinction and Two Stages of Continuous Reinforcement

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ID13666146
AuthorsRichard S Calef (West Virginia Wesleyan College, corresponding author), Michael C Choban (West Virginia Wesleyan College), Katherine R Glenney (West Virginia Wesleyan College), Ruth A Calef (West Virginia Wesleyan College, corresponding author), Erik Schmitt (West Virginia Wesleyan College), Sarah Hinte (West Virginia Wesleyan College), Megan Clegg (0000-0002-9684-2995, West Virginia Wesleyan College), Joseph E Kraynok (West Virginia Wesleyan College), Sallie D Richards (West Virginia Wesleyan College)
Year2007
Volume100
Issue1
Pages101-107
Publication date2007-02-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.100.1.101-107
PMID17451011
OpenAlexW2015396760
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited16

One group of 10 male albino rats was given partial reinforcement while the other 10 rats received continuous reinforcement in a straight alley. Subjects then experienced five consecutive stages of Extinction 1, Continuous Reinforcement 1, Extinction 2, Continuous Reinforcement 2, and finally, Extinction 3. Analysis showed the partial reinforcement effect in extinction was sustained over two stages of extinction and two stages of continuous reinforcement, since subjects receiving partial reinforcement ran faster than rats given continuous reinforcement throughout all three of the extinction periods. The results seem to support those of Amsel's (1967) and Cabpaldi's (1967) theoretical formulations of the partial reinforcement effect in extinction

Extinction (optical mineralogy · Optics · Perseveration · Physics · Reinforcement · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Memory and Neural Mechanisms · Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Psychology

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