Shift Performance and Resistance to Extinction in the Partial Delay of Reinforcement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19277493 |
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| Authors | Masato Ishida (0000-0001-9719-7863, Department of Psychology, Osaka University of Education, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-44 |
| Publication date | 1978-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japanese Psychological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-5368 • E-ISSN: 1468-5884 |
| Publisher | The Japanese Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • JP) |
| DOI | 10.4992/psycholres1954.20.39 |
| OpenAlex | W2517611241 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
To test the reinforcement-level view on the basis of the stimulus-continuum assumption, performance due to a shift of the reward delay was investigated. The groups were designated: 30-0, 0-30, 30-30, and 0-0, where the first numeral in each case indicated the length of delay (30 sec or immediate) in the Preshift phase, and the second, in the Postshift phase. All groups were trained under 53.3% partial reinforcement during acquisition and extinguished in a straight alley. No evidence of negative and positive contrast effects were found: 30-0 and 0-30 finally approximated the levels of their control groups (0-0 and 30-30) in Postshift and even in extinction. These results were inconsistent with the prediction from the hypotheses, and suggest the difference of dimension between reward delay and reward magnitude
Audiology · Extinction (optical mineralogy) · Optics · Physics · Reinforcement · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Mathematics · Medicine · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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