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Direct linkMazur, James E. – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2012
Parallel experiments with rats and pigeons examined whether the size of a pre-trial ratio requirement would affect choices in a self-control situation. In different conditions, either 1 response or 40 responses were required before each trial. In the first half of each experiment, an adjusting-ratio schedule was used, in which subjects could…
Descriptors: Reinforcement, Animal Behavior, Research, Animals
