Are preference and resistance to change convergent expressions of stimulus value?

Podlesnik, Christopher A.; Jimenez‐Gomez, Corina; Shahan, Timothy A.

doi:10.1002/jeab.33

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“…These results provide further support for behavioral momentum theory: Responses trained in the presence of the same stimuli will share the same stimulus–reinforcer relation, resulting in equal resistance to change and relapse. These results replicate a number of previous studies showing no systematic difference in resistance to change across response alternatives trained in the presence of the same discriminative stimuli (e.g., Bell & Williams, ; McLean et al, ; Nevin et al, , Experiment 2; Podlesnik, et al, ; see Podlesnik et al, , for review). The present dataset contributes to these findings further by demonstrating no systematic difference in relapse via reinstatement across response alternatives trained in the presence of the same discriminative stimuli (see also da Silva, Maxwell, & Lattal, , with resurgence).…”

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“…This pattern differs from that typically observed with multiple schedules arranging different rates of response‐dependent reinforcement, as described above (e.g., Nevin, ; Nevin et al, ). It is possible that both responses share a common stimulus–reinforcer relation, consistent with the assertions of behavioral momentum theory (see Podlesnik et al, , for a discussion).…”

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“…Additionally, a number of studies have observed that arranging different reinforcement rates between two concurrently available schedules of reinforcement produces no systematic differences in resistance to change between the concurrent alternatives (see Podlesnik, Jimenez‐Gomez, & Shahan, , for a review). Specifically, responding on the richer alternative tends to be no more resistant to disruption than responding on a leaner alternative.…”

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Stimulus–reinforcer relations established during training determine resistance to extinction and relapse via reinstatement

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The baseline rate of a reinforced target response decreases with the availability of response-independent sources of alternative reinforcement; however, resistance to disruption and relapse increases. Because many behavioral treatments for problem behavior include response-dependent reinforcement of alternative behavior, the present study assessed whether response-dependent alternative reinforcement also decreases baseline response rates but increases resistance to extinction and relapse. We reinforced target responding at equal rates across two components of a multiple schedule with pigeons. We compared resistance to extinction and relapse via reinstatement of (1) a target response trained concurrently with a reinforced alternative response in one component with (2) a target response trained either concurrently or in separate components from the alternative response across conditions. Target response rates trained alone in baseline were higher but resistance to extinction and relapse via reinstatement tests were greater after training concurrently with the alternative response. In another assessment, training target and alternative responding together, but separating them during extinction and reinstatement tests, produced equal resistance to extinction and relapse. Together, these findings are consistent with behavioral momentum theory-operant response-reinforcer relations determined baseline response rates but Pavlovian stimulus-reinforcer relations established during training determined resistance to extinction and relapse. These findings imply that reinforcing alternative behavior to treat problem behavior could initially reduce rates but increase persistence.

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Stimulus–reinforcer relations established during training determine resistance to extinction and relapse via reinstatement

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“…BMT also states that operant persistence in a particular context reflects the value of the reinforcer-related stimulus. Thus, stimuli with higher conditioned value should produce more persistence than stimuli with less conditioned value (Nevin and Grace, 2000;Podlesnik et al, 2013). On the basis of this account, questions on the persistence of drug-seeking may be restated as questions on the determinants of the value of drug-related stimuli.…”

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Early social isolation increases persistence of alcohol-seeking behavior in alcohol-related contexts

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Serrano

Garcia-Mijares

2016

Behavioural Pharmacology

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Social conditions during rearing are well known to affect adult alcohol consumption, but few experiments have explored the effects of social conditions on behaviors that are related to alcohol dependence, such as the persistence of alcohol seeking. This study compared the effects of isolation (ISO) and interaction (INT) rearing on the persistence of alcohol-seeking behavior. Rats were trained to lever press for a solution of 10% alcohol diluted in water. They were then exposed to a two-component multiple schedule of reinforcement (baseline). Responses in one component were reinforced by a higher rate of alcohol delivery (rich component, variable interval 15 s) and responses in the other component were reinforced by a lower rate of delivery (lean component, variable interval 45 s). The persistence of lever pressing in the presence of each stimulus was then assessed during extinction. The results from baseline showed that response rates in rats in both groups were higher in the rich component than in the lean component, but ISO rats responded significantly more than INT rats in both components. The persistence of responding during extinction in ISO rats in both components was also higher than that in INT rats. The results show that effects of ISO are not restricted to alcohol consumption, but also affect persistence of alcohol-seeking behavior, which may reflect differences in the value of drug-related stimuli.

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“…Resistance to change was calculated as the log mean proportion of baseline response rates; response rates in each session of disruption were divided by the mean baseline response rate in the immediately preceding baseline. We then logarithmically transformed the average of all six sessions to obtain a single summary measure of the decrease in responding during each disruption test (see Podlesnik, Jimenez‐Gomez, & Shahan, ).…”

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Assessing potential reinforcement‐like effects of brief stimuli unrelated to food reinforcers

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Cowie

Macaskill

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It is widely assumed that reinforcers are biologically relevant stimuli, or stimuli that have been associated with biologically relevant stimuli. However, brief, arbitrary stimuli have also been reported to have reinforcement‐like effects, despite being unrelated to biologically relevant stimuli like food. The present study explored the potential reinforcement‐like effects of brief stimuli across 5 experiments. In Experiments 1 through 4, pigeon subjects responded for food reinforcement and brief stimulus presentations in a 2‐component multiple schedule. Neither baseline response rates nor resistance to change during disruption tests were systematically greater in a component with versus without brief stimulus presentations. Increasing the rate and duration of brief stimulus presentations in Experiment 4 did not reveal reinforcement‐like effects when compared directly with food. In Experiment 5, pigeons chose between independent terminal links in a concurrent‐chains procedure. Across conditions, varying the location, duration, and rate of brief stimulus presentations in the terminal links had no systematic effects on preference. In contrast, varying rates of food reinforcers resulted in large and reliable shifts in preference. Therefore, the present study found no systematic evidence that brief stimuli unrelated to food reliably increase response rates, resistance to change, or preference. These data demonstrate the value of systematic replication, and a behavioral momentum approach to assessing potential reinforcement‐like effects.

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Are preference and resistance to change convergent expressions of stimulus value?

Cited by 6 publications

References 36 publications

Stimulus–reinforcer relations established during training determine resistance to extinction and relapse via reinstatement

Stimulus–reinforcer relations established during training determine resistance to extinction and relapse via reinstatement

Early social isolation increases persistence of alcohol-seeking behavior in alcohol-related contexts

Assessing potential reinforcement‐like effects of brief stimuli unrelated to food reinforcers

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