J Exp Anal Behav. 1969 May;12(3):431-6. doi: 10.1901/jeab.1969.12-431.
In the first of two studies, the responding of four albino rats was differentially reinforced in the presence of noise and light together and then tested in the presence of the noise and the light separately during extinction. The light exercised substantially more control of responding than did the noise. In the second study the responding of a similar group of four rats was differentially reinforced in the presence of the noise and the light separately. Control of responding by the light developed more rapidly than control by the noise. Results suggest that levels of control by stimuli after differential reinforcement with respect to the stimuli together can be predicted by the rates of development of control during differential reinforcement with respect to the stimuli separately.
在两项研究中的第一项研究中,在存在噪声和光的情况下,对四只白化大鼠的反应进行了差异强化,然后在消光期间分别在噪声和光的存在下进行了测试。光对反应的控制作用大大超过了噪声。在第二项研究中,对类似的四组大鼠的反应进行了差异强化,分别在噪声和光的存在下进行。光对反应的控制比噪声发展得更快。结果表明,在相对于刺激的差异强化后,刺激的控制水平可以通过相对于刺激的差异强化期间控制的发展速度来预测。