Partial reinforcement with a small number of trials: Two acquisition trials

McCain, Garvin; Brown, Erin R.

doi:10.3758/bf03331108

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“…Inspection of Figure 2 indicates a tendency for extinction differences to increase in order of nearness to the GB. This order is similar to some other studies in which a small number of acquisition trials have been used (McCain & Brown, 1967b). There is also a tendency for the groups to diverge during extinction with Group P 2 showing greater relative resistance to extinction over trials.…”

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Extinction following a small number of goal-box placements.

McCain¹,

Baerwaldt²,

Brown³

1969

Canadian Journal of Psychology / Revue canadienne de psychologi

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Three experiments involved extinction of rats in a straight alley following direct placement in the goal box. Placements were given either before or after running trials in Experiments I and n. In Experiment in only placements with no alley running were given. In each case the presence of a FREE indicated the effectiveness of placements. The data are interpreted in terms of the cue effects of placement.

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confidence: 86%

Extinction following a small number of goal-box placements.

McCain¹,

Baerwaldt²,

Brown³

1969

Canadian Journal of Psychology / Revue canadienne de psychologi

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“…Miniature experiments. The partial reinforcement effect has been found in some of the miniature experiments of Amsel, Hug, and Surridge (1968), Bowen and McCain (1967), Capaldi and Waters (1970), McCain (1965a, 1965b, 1965c, 1968), and McCain and Brown (1967. In these miniature experiments acquisition consists of a very small number of trials, sometimes as few as two, a nonreinforcement and a reinforcement.…”

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A stimulus-sampling model of the partial reinforcement effect.

Koteskey¹

1972

Psychological Review

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A stimulus-sampling model of E. J. Capaldi's sequential effects hypothesis to account for the increased resistance to extinction following partial reinforcement was presented in axiomatic form. The model was shown to be capable of accounting for the major relevant variables which produce the increased resistance to extinction, and it was shown to not predict the increased resistance to extinction where it does not occur. Several limitations of the model were discussed as were the model's relationships to other theories.

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“…Most of these studies have allowed subjects to explore the apparatus or one similar prior to training and have used multiple numbers of food pellets or wet mash as reinforcement. These studies have all shown a FREE (see McCain, 1966, for prior references;McCain & Brown, 1967;Padilla, 1967). In addition, some investigators have given the subjects some small number of continuously reinforced trials followed by a partial schedule (of a few trials) and have also shown a FREE (Bowen & McCain, 1967;McCain, 1966).…”

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Partial reinforcement: A selective review of the alleyway literature since 1960.

Robbins¹

1971

Psychological Bulletin

101

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Studies using rats in an alleyway are reviewed with regard to the partial reinforcement acquisition and extinction effects. The magnitude of these effects is complicated by the fact that certain variables have differential effects depending on whether the rat is given a partial or a continuous reinforcement schedule. Three major theoretical positions, dissonance, frustration, and habituation of competing responses, are shown to encounter difficulties with a considerable body of data. It is suggested that extensions and modifications of Capaldi's sequential theory, which handled most aspects of the extinction effect, may prove to be a viable theoretical alternative.

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Partial reinforcement with a small number of trials: Two acquisition trials

Cited by 7 publications

References 7 publications

Extinction following a small number of goal-box placements.

Extinction following a small number of goal-box placements.

A stimulus-sampling model of the partial reinforcement effect.

Partial reinforcement: A selective review of the alleyway literature since 1960.

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