Effects of pre-operant running and sucrose concentration on operant wheel running on a fixed interval schedule of reinforcement.

adjunctive behavior automatic reinforcement fixed interval schedule operant wheel running pre-operant running rats sucrose concentration

Journal

Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
ISSN: 1938-3711
Titre abrégé: J Exp Anal Behav
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0203727

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
03 2021
Historique:
revised: 01 12 2020
received: 14 07 2020
accepted: 20 12 2020
pubmed: 6 2 2021
medline: 29 10 2021
entrez: 5 2 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Prior research proposed that temporal control over the pattern of operant wheel running on a fixed interval (FI) schedule of sucrose reinforcement is a function of automatic reinforcement generated by wheel running and the experimentally arranged sucrose reinforcement. Two experiments were conducted to assess this prediction. In the first experiment, rats ran for different durations (0, 30, 60, and 180 min) prior to a session of operant wheel running on a FI 120-s schedule. In the second experiment, the concentration of sucrose reinforcement on a FI 180-s schedule was varied across values of 0, 5, 15, and 25%. In Experiment 1, as the duration of pre-operant running increased, the postreinforcement pause before initiation of running lengthened while wheel revolutions in the latter part of the FI interval increased. In Experiment 2, wheel revolutions markedly increased then decreased to a plateau early in the FI interval. Neither manipulation increased temporal control of the pattern of wheel running. Instead, results indicate that operant wheel running is regulated by automatic reinforcement generated by wheel activity and an adjunctive pattern of running induced by the temporal presentation of sucrose. Furthermore, the findings question whether the sucrose contingency regulates wheel running as a reinforcing consequence.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33545737
doi: 10.1002/jeab.674
doi:

Substances chimiques

Sucrose 57-50-1

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

510-539

Informations de copyright

© 2021 Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior.

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Auteurs

Terry W Belke (TW)

Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick.

W David Pierce (WD)

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.

Christine A Sexton (CA)

Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick.

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