title: The effects of a variety of instructions on human fixed-interval performance.
abstract: College students were instructed to press a button for points under a single reinforcement schedule or under a variety of reinforcement schedules. Instructions for a single schedule were either specific or minimal. Instructions on a variety of schedules involved specific instructions on eight different schedules of reinforcement. Subsequent to the varied training, responding under a fixed-interval schedule occurred at a low rate. Both the minimal and specific instruction training led to fixed-interval responding that was similar to the responding exhibited during training. These findings suggest that under certain conditions instructed behavior is sensitive to changes in contingencies.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lefrancois
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Chase
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Joyce