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Time allocation and response rate.

C P Shimp

    Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
    |May 1, 1974
    PubMed
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    Pigeons on a variable-interval schedule increased their overall response rate with more food reinforcements. Time allocation to specific response rates depended on reinforcement frequency for that rate.

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    Area of Science:

    • Behavioral psychology
    • Animal behavior

    Background:

    • Operant conditioning principles explain how reinforcement schedules influence behavior.
    • Understanding response rate allocation is crucial for behavioral analysis.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate how pigeons allocate their time to different response rates under variable-interval schedules.
    • To analyze the relationship between overall reinforcement rate and specific response rate allocation.

    Main Methods:

    • Three pigeons were trained on a key-pecking task with food reinforcement.
    • A device linked reinforcements to 10 distinct interresponse time (IRT) classes (1.0-6.0 sec).
    • The overall rate of reinforcement was systematically varied.

    Main Results:

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    • Overall response rate increased with the number of reinforcements per hour in a negatively accelerated manner.
    • Time allocation to reinforced responses was a function of the total reinforcement rate.
    • Time allocation to specific response rates correlated with the relative reinforcement frequency for those components.

    Conclusions:

    • Pigeons allocated nearly all their time to responding when reinforcements were frequent.
    • The proportion of time spent on a specific response rate approximated its relative reinforcement rate.
    • Behavioral allocation under variable schedules is predictable based on reinforcement contingencies.