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SENSITIVITY OF CONDITIONAL-DISCRIMINATION PERFORMANCE TO WITHIN-SESSION VARIATION OF REINFORCER FREQUENCY |
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| Authors: | Ryan D Ward and Amy L Odum | |
| Institution: | UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY | |
| Abstract: | The present experiment developed a methodology for assessing sensitivity of conditional-discrimination performance to within-session variation of reinforcer frequency. Four pigeons responded under a multiple schedule of matching-to-sample components in which the ratio of reinforcers for correct S1 and S2 responses was varied across components within session. Initially, five components, each arranging a different reinforcer-frequency ratio (from 1![ratio]](corehtml/pmc/pmcents/x2236.gif "/>9 to 9<img src="){kind=small} | |
| Keywords: | conditional discrimination sensitivity within‐session variation of reinforcer frequency signaled reinforcer‐frequency ratios choice key peck pigeon | |