Student Dissertations & Theses
Date of Award
Summer 8-1983
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
J. Greenspan, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
James Olson, Ph.D.
Third Advisor
Robert Rothstein, Ph.D.
Abstract
This study investigated the effect of seven continuous reinforcement sessions interpolated after varying numbers of FR-25 sessions on extinction responses during extinction of three groups of rats. Rats received 7, 14, or 21 sessions of FR-25 followed by 7 sessions of continuous reinforcement and 7 days of extinction. There were three rats in each group. All sessions were 25 minutes long. Results showed rats that received FR-25 for 21 sessions were more resistant to extinction than any other group, measured by the cumulative number of responses during extinction. Cumulative rates of extinction responses for Groups 1 and 2 were not as clear. However, when the groups were compared by individual group responses per day, the group that received FR-25 for 7 sessions. Although the differences were small, this study suggested that interpolated continuous reinforcement may not have had an effect on extinction responses when rats received a large number of prior FR-25 reinforcements.
Recommended Citation
Miara, Christine, "The Effect of Interpolated Continuous Reinforcement Following Fixed Ratio Reinforcement on Resistance to Extinction" (1983). Student Dissertations & Theses. 6.
https://falconcommons.utpb.edu/utpb-cas/6