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Area of Science:

  • Behavioral Psychology
  • Animal Behavior Research

Background:

  • Resistance to change is a key concept in behavioral psychology.
  • Understanding factors influencing resistance to change, such as response rates, is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how baseline response rates affect resistance to change, specifically resistance to extinction.
  • To determine if response rates independently influence resistance to change when reinforcement rates are controlled.

Main Methods:

  • Experiment 1: Pigeons trained on a multiple variable-ratio (VR) yoked-interval schedule, comparing resistance to extinction when reinforcement was removed.
  • Experiment 2: Rats with high or low response rates on identical variable-interval (VI) schedules compared for resistance to extinction.

Main Results:

  • Pigeons showed greater resistance to extinction in the yoked-interval component (lower initial response rate) compared to the VR component.
  • Rats with lower baseline response rates exhibited greater resistance to extinction than the high-response-rate group.

Conclusions:

  • Baseline response rate can influence resistance to change.
  • The relationship between response rate and resistance to change is more evident when response and reinforcement rates are dissociated.
  • Identical programmed contingencies controlling response rates provide clearer insights into these effects.