SUPERSTITIOUS KEY PECKING AFTER THREE PECK‐PRODUCED REINFORCEMENTS1
Has this study been replicated?
The atlas records 1 replication of this study. Recorded outcomes: 1 successful. The earliest on record is from 1989.
Replications
- Superstitious Conditioning: A Replication and Extension of Neuringer (1970), Gleeson et al. (1989). The Psychological Record. Outcome recorded: successful.
After immediate, response-dependent reinforcers were delivered for the first three key pecks made by experimentally naive pigeons, a variable-time schedule of response-independent reinforcement maintained key pecking. This result also was reported by Neuringer (1970).
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Neuringer, A. J. (1970). SUPERSTITIOUS KEY PECKING AFTER THREE PECK‐PRODUCED REINFORCEMENTS1. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 13(2), 127–134. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1970.13-127
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