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IMPULSE CONTROL IN PIGEONS1

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Ainslie, G. W.·1974·Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
DOI 10.1901/jeab.1974.21-485
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Pigeons were given a small, immediate food reinforcement for pecking a key, and a larger, delayed reinforcement for not pecking this key. Most subjects pecked the key on more than 95% of trials. However, when pecking a differently colored key at an earlier time prevented this option from becoming available, three of 10 subjects consistently pecked it, thereby forcing themselves to wait for the larger reward. They did not peck the earlier key when it did not prevent this option. This is an experimental example of psychological impulse and a learnable device to control it. Although only a minority of the subjects learned it, the fact that such learning is possible at all argues for a theory of delayed reward that can predict change of preference as a function of elapsing time.

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Authors
Ainslie, G. W.
Venue
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1974-05
Volume
21
Issue
3
Pages
485-489
ISSN
  • 0022-5002 (ISSN-L)
  • 1938-3711
DOI
10.1901/jeab.1974.21-485
OpenAlex
W2052919428
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759
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20
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1.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
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