HENDRY D P, VAN-TOLLER C
J Exp Anal Behav. 1964 Mar;7(2):207-9. doi: 10.1901/jeab.1964.7-207.
Four rats were trained to bar press on FR 9 TO 30 sec. They were reinforced with a large or small amount of water according to whether their final IRT was long or short respectively. Four control rats always received the small amount of reinforcement. The control animals produced the high rates of responding typical of fixed-ratio performance. The experimental animals, with one exception, developed superstitious behavior and maintained slow responding throughout the ratio. However, some features of the results pointed to a persistent influence of the factors which favor short IRTs.
四只大鼠接受训练,在固定比率为9至30秒时按压杠杆。根据它们最终的间隔反应时间长短,分别给予大量或少量的水作为强化物。四只对照大鼠始终接受少量强化物。对照动物表现出典型的固定比率操作的高反应率。除一只外,实验动物都出现了迷信行为,并在整个比率过程中保持缓慢反应。然而,结果的一些特征表明,有利于短间隔反应时间的因素存在持续影响。