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Dynamics in the fine structure of schedule-controlled behavior

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Palya, William L.·1992·Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
DOI 10.1901/jeab.1992.57-267PMC PMC1323230
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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 interval. A display of individual interresponse times as a function of time in the interreinforcement 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.

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    “Although it is conceptually useful to separate the effects of reinforcers and the potentially intrinsic response-by-response patterning of behavior (e.g., tendencies to generate particular sequences of behavior), behavior generally represents some combination of these two (Davison, 2004; Heyman, 1979; Palya, 1992).”

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Authors
Palya, W. L.
Affiliations
Jacksonville State University (US)
Corresponding author
Palya, William L.
Venue
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1992-05
Volume
57
Issue
3
Pages
267-287
ISSN
  • 0022-5002 (ISSN-L)
  • 1938-3711
DOI
10.1901/jeab.1992.57-267
PMC
PMC1323230
OpenAlex
W2022236543
Cited by
91
References
25
Citations by year
2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 4 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 1
FWCI
23.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 7606 d)
Locations
  • Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (1r15hd025601-01)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1 R15 HD25601-01)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
schedule-controlled behavior, interreinforcement interval, response rate, temporal dynamics, bird behavior
MeSH terms
Animals, Appetitive Behavior, Association Learning, Attention, Color Perception, Columbidae, Reaction Time, Mental Recall, Reinforcement Schedule, Time Perception

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