Wylie AM, Grossmann JA. Response reduction through the superimposition of continuous reinforcement: a systematic replication.
J Appl Behav Anal 1988;
21:201-6. [PMID:
3417582 PMCID:
PMC1286112 DOI:
10.1901/jaba.1988.21-201]
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Abstract
Prior clinical research suggests that superimposition and subsequent removal of a schedule of continuous reinforcement (CRF) may be a viable rate-decreasing procedure in that an extinction-like condition is arranged. The arrangement of similar conditions in the laboratory, however, resulted in the quick recovery of baseline rates. Lever-pressing patterns of eight male rats maintained by different schedules of variable-ratio and variable-interval food reinforcement were examined in an A-B-A experimental design of CRF food superimposition and removal. Responding was substantially reduced during the superimposition of CRF. Upon removal of the superimposed schedule, responding quickly approached presuperimposition baseline rates.
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