Alessandri Jérôme, Rivière Vinca
University of Lille Nord de France, France.
Behav Processes. 2013 Oct;99:1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2013.05.014. Epub 2013 Jun 7.
A procedure to study human operant conditioning is described using a timeout from a high-force requirement as reinforcer when a high force response was required. Experiment 1 reported evidence that a timeout from a high-force requirement acted as a reinforcer and a second experiment demonstrated sensitivity to delay to escape from the force requirement as a parameter of choice in a self-control paradigm. The results of the two experiments indicate a functional similarity between unconditioned reinforcers (e.g., food) used in nonhuman subjects and the present reinforcer, demonstrating that the present procedure is well-suited to study operant conditioning in humans.
描述了一种研究人类操作性条件反射的程序，当需要高力量反应时，使用从高力量要求中暂时停止作为强化物。实验1报告了证据，表明从高力量要求中暂时停止起到了强化物的作用，第二个实验证明了在自我控制范式中，对从力量要求中逃脱的延迟敏感性作为选择的一个参数。这两个实验的结果表明，非人类受试者中使用的无条件强化物（如食物）与当前强化物之间存在功能相似性，表明当前程序非常适合研究人类的操作性条件反射。
