title: Instructional control of human operant responding during extinction following fixed-ratio conditioning.
abstract: When given pre-conditioning instructions correctly indicating the maximum number of reinforcements obtainable, subjects made few responses during extinction following FR 10 conditioning. More extinction responses occurred when the maximum-reinforcement instructions suggested that reinforcements were obtainable during extinction. The highest rates of responding during extinction were produced by subjects who had no maximum-reinforcement instructions.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weiner