LeFrancois J R, Metzger B
Psychology Department, Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina 29302-0006.
J Exp Anal Behav. 1993 May;59(3):543-9. doi: 10.1901/jeab.1993.59-543.
Bar presses by one group of rats were conditioned under a differential-reinforcement-of-low-rate reinforcement schedule immediately prior to conditioning under a fixed-interval schedule. In a second group of rats, bar presses were conditioned first under a differential-reinforcement-of-low-rate schedule and then under a fixed-ratio schedule prior to conditioning under a fixed-interval schedule. Low response rates occurred under the fixed-interval schedule only when it was immediately preceded by low-rate conditioning. Otherwise, fixed-interval responding was similar to responding under the fixed-ratio schedule. This finding suggests that responses of laboratory animals are sensitive to immediate history, and, unlike human responses, are relatively insensitive to a history of low-rate conditioning when it is followed by high-rate conditioning.
一组大鼠的压杆行为在固定间隔程序条件化之前,先在低比率强化的差别强化程序下进行条件化。在第二组大鼠中,压杆行为先在低比率强化的差别强化程序下进行条件化,然后在固定比率程序下进行条件化,最后再进行固定间隔程序条件化。只有在低比率条件化紧接其后时,固定间隔程序下才会出现低反应率。否则,固定间隔反应与固定比率程序下的反应相似。这一发现表明,实验动物的反应对即时经历敏感,并且与人类反应不同,当低比率条件化之后是高比率条件化时,实验动物的反应对低比率条件化的经历相对不敏感。