Title
Partial reinforcement with a small number of acquisition trials : the effects of reward technique
Date of Award
1968
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
Abstract
There have been a number of investigators who have noted superior resistance to extinction of a runway locomotion response by rats which were trained under partial reinforcement schedules as compared with rats trained under continuous reinforcement schedules (e.g., Logan, Beier & Kincaid, 1956; Weinstock, 1954; Badia, 1965; McCoy & Marx, 1965; Black & Spence, 1965).
The present experiment, involving four acquisition trials and nine extinction trials, was designed to investigate the influence of reward technique in an experimental context which systematically examined the effects of thwarting and nonthwarting reward techniques.
Recommended Citation
Thios, Samuel Joseph, "Partial reinforcement with a small number of acquisition trials : the effects of reward technique" (1968). Master's Theses. 1306.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/masters-theses/1306