Effect of partial reinforcement on the extinction of a classically conditioned response in the goldfish

Barry D. Berger; Matthew Yarczower; M. D. Bitterman

doi:10.1037/h0022061

Effect of partial reinforcement on the extinction of a classically conditioned response in the goldfish

Barry D. Berger, Matthew Yarczower, M. D. Bitterman

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Extinction of a partially reinforced classically conditioned response in the goldfish was studied with equated reinforcements and with equated trials, with constant and with variable CS-US intervals, with long and with short runs of nonreinforcement, with balanced and with biased patterns of partial reinforcement, and with 2 different extinction procedures. Only long runs of unreinforced trials which tended to come early in each training session (UR-bias) gave any indication of increased resistance to extinction following partial reinforcement. Increased resistance, when it did appear, took the form, not of an overall increase in responsiveness, but of an interaction between Treatments and Days or between Treatments and Trials. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	399-405
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
Volume	59
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/h0022061
State	Published - Jun 1965
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

EXTINCTION
EXTINCTION/RESISTANCE, AFT PARTIAL REINFORCEMENT, GOLDFISH
FISH, GOLDFISH, PARTIAL REINFORCEMENT IN, &
LEARNING
REINFORCEMENT/PARTIAL, EXTINCTION AFTER, GOLDFISH

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