THE INTERACTING EFFECTS OF DEPRIVATION AND REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE

Abstract

"The effects of deprivation time on the behavior of rats working under four multiple schedules were studied. Each multiple schedule provided a comparison of the behavior controlled by a schedule in which the frequency of reinforcement was relatively low (FR, VI, FI, and DRL) with that controlled by continuous reinforcement. In every instance, the decline in performance that was correlated with decreasing deprivation time was less under conditions of continuous reinforcement than under the schedule in which reinforcement frequency was low." From Psyc Abstracts 36:04:4EL79C. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2002 APA, all rights reserved)