title: Perseveration of the partial reinforcement effect in extinction with rats over two phases of extinction and two stages of continuous reinforcement.
abstract: One group of 10 male albino rats was given partial reinforcement while the other 10 rats received continuous reinforcement in a straight alley. Subjects then experienced five consecutive stages of Extinction 1, Continuous Reinforcement 1, Extinction 2, Continuous Reinforcement 2, and finally, Extinction 3. Analysis showed the partial reinforcement effect in extinction was sustained over two stages of extinction and two stages of continuous reinforcement, since subjects receiving partial reinforcement ran faster than rats given continuous reinforcement throughout all three of the extinction periods. The results seem to support those of Amsel's (1967) and Cabpaldi's (1967) theoretical formulations of the partial reinforcement effect in extinction.
authors: West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, West Virginia 26201, USA. calef_rs@wvwc.edu
authors: Richard S
authors: RS
authors: Calef
authors: Michael C
authors: MC
authors: Choban
authors: Katherine R
authors: KR
authors: Glenney
authors: Ruth A
authors: RA
authors: Calef
authors: Erik
authors: E
authors: Schmitt
authors: Sarah
authors: S
authors: Hinte
authors: Megan
authors: M
authors: Clegg
authors: Joseph E
authors: JE
authors: Kraynok
authors: Sallie D
authors: SD
authors: Richards
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D005108:Extinction, Psychological; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology