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Reinforcement: A test of Premack's differential probability rules

dc.contributor.authorMarmaroff, Susan Ruth
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Artsen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscienceen_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.external-examinerB.R. Mooreen_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerN.J. Mackintoshen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorP.J. Dunhamen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-13T18:17:17Z
dc.date.available2024-08-13T18:17:17Z
dc.date.defence1972
dc.date.issued1972
dc.description.abstractAccording to Premack's (1959) basic assumptions, reinforcement will occur only in a contingency relationship where the independent probability of the contingent response is higher than the independent probability of the instrumental response. To test this assumption, free-operant baselevels of running alone (phase I), drinking alone (phase II), and running and drinking simultaneously (phase III) were established for six rats. Independent response probabilities were calculated from these data. A run to drink contingency was then instituted which required each subject to increase the probability of the instrumental response above baselevel in order to maintain the contingent response at baselevel. In all cases reinforcement was observed regardless of the prior independent probabilities of the two responses.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/84401
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectReinforcement (Psychology)en_US
dc.subjectConditioned responseen_US
dc.titleReinforcement: A test of Premack's differential probability rulesen_US

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