title: Aversive aspects of a fixed-interval schedule of food reinforcement.
abstract: The key pecking of pigeons was reinforced according to a fixed-interval schedule of reinforcement. The pigeons were also given the opportunity to attack a restrained target pigeon. The attack rates during the sessions of fixed-interval reinforcement were higher than during the operant level sessions in four of the five pigeons. Most attack occurred during the post-reinforcement pause in key pecking. It was suggested that a fixed-interval schedule of positive reinforcement possesses aversive properties, the most aversive of which are located during the post-reinforcement pause.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rilling