Effects of Response Requirements and Reinforcement Probability on the Latency to Depress a Foot Treadle

Operant and respondent influences on response latency are examined by requiring pigeons to depress a foot treadle. Birds reliably pecked the stimulus key even when this response was not required for reinforcement.

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Published inThe Psychological record Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 541 - 553
Main Authors Starin, Terri, Starin, Stephen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Gambier, OH Kenyon College 01.10.1992
Denison University, etc
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Animal
Animal behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Birds
Conditioning
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Latency
Learning. Memory
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Reaction time
Reinforcement
Stimulus
Vertebrata
Operant conditioning
Acquisition process
Animal
Reinforcement probability
Response latency
Aves
Experimental study
Pigeon
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ISSN0033-2933
2163-3452
DOI10.1007/BF03399621

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Summary:Operant and respondent influences on response latency are examined by requiring pigeons to depress a foot treadle. Birds reliably pecked the stimulus key even when this response was not required for reinforcement.
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ISSN:0033-2933
2163-3452
DOI:10.1007/BF03399621