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Choice between response rates.

L Hawkes, C P Shimp

    Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
    |January 1, 1974
    PubMed
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    Pigeons showed a preference for higher response rates when reinforced interresponse times were shorter. This preference varied with absolute reinforced rates, resembling findings from concurrent-chains schedules.

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    Area of Science:

    • Behavioral psychology
    • Animal behavior studies
    • Operant conditioning

    Background:

    • Pigeons were trained on a single-key schedule with two reinforced interresponse time (IRT) classes.
    • Reinforcers were allocated to shorter and longer IRTs under a variable-interval schedule.
    • The relative duration of the shorter IRT class was held constant at 0.70.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate how pigeons' response rate preference is affected by the absolute durations of reinforced interresponse times.
    • To determine if interresponse time distributions from interval schedules can predict preference functions.

    Main Methods:

    • Three pigeons pecked a single key, with responses reinforced based on IRT duration.
    • Absolute IRT durations were manipulated while total hourly reinforcements remained constant.

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  • Preference was measured by the proportion of responses ending in the shorter, higher-rate IRT class.

    • Main Results:

    • Preference for the higher response rate was dependent on absolute reinforced response rates.
    • Preference increased as absolute reinforced rates decreased, ranging from near-indifference to exclusive preference.
    • Results mirrored preference functions observed with concurrent-chains schedules.

    Conclusions:

    • Interresponse time distributions from interval schedules can serve as a measure of preference for component response rates.
    • The study provides further evidence for the generality of preference functions across different operant conditioning paradigms.