Department
Psychology
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1992
Abstract
The variability in the behavioral equilibrium established by six basic schedules was characterized. The measures were the pause preceding the first response in each interreinforcement interval; the mean rate of responding in each interreinforcement interval; and the relative frequency of each interresponse time. The temporal windows ranged across the 780-session exposure, across a session, and across the interreinforcement intcrval. A display of individual intcrresponse times as a function of time in the interreinforcemcnt interval indicated clear recurrent responding at somewhat less than 3 Hz in every bird, even after extended exposure to a schedule and regardless of the contingency. No strong sequential dependencies in the interresponse-time distributions were identified. A simulator, based on a simple recurrent pulser, was presented that produced output similar to the obtained data. An archival data base of the behavior chronically maintained by the simple schedules was also generated.
Recommended Citation
Palya, William L., "Dynamics in the Fine Structure of Schedule-Controlled Behavior" (1992). Research, Publications & Creative Work. 75.
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Publication/Presentation Information
Palya, W.L. (May 1992). "Dynamics in the Fine Structure of Schedule-Controlled Behavior." Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 57(3): 267-287.