title: Effects of schedule information on the slowed fixed-ratio responding of schizophrenics.
abstract: Instructions which provided schedule information were given to schizophrenics in an attempt to modify their slowed responding under a 40-response fixed-ratio (FR 40) schedule of penny reinforcements. Such information increased initial but not final rates of FR 40 responding.
mesh_terms: D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D006801:Humans; D009048:Motor Skills; D012055:Reinforcement Schedule; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology