Interactive Effects of Fixed-Ratio Size and Number of Food Pellets Per Fixed Ratio on Rats’ Food-Reinforced Behavior

1988 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale J. Kliner ◽  
Gregory A. Lemaire ◽  
Richard A. Meisch
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Ratio ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Ratio Size

Behavioral Effects of Microwave Reinforcement Schedules and Variations in Microwave Intensity on Albino Rats

1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 787-795 ◽  
Author(s):  
William F. Vitulli ◽  
J. Ken Lambert ◽  
Stella W. Brown ◽  
Joseph M. Quinn
Keyword(s):  
Microwave Radiation ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Fixed Ratio ◽  
Behavioral Effects ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Ratio Schedule ◽  
Albino Rats ◽  
Reinforcement Schedules ◽  
Continuous Reinforcement ◽  
Exploratory Investigation

The objective of this exploratory investigation was to determine the interactive effects of fixed-ratio scheduling of microwave reinforcement in tandem with changes in microwave intensity. Nine albino rats were conditioned to regulate their thermal environment with microwave radiation while living in a Skinner (operant conditioning) Box in which the ambient temperature was about 27.13°F at the beginning of the session. Each rat obtained a 6-sec. exposure of microwave radiation on a fixed-ratio schedule of MW reinforcement, the values of which varied from FR-1 to FR-30. Intensities of MW radiation were 62.5 W, 125 W, 250 W, and 437.5 W. Sessions lasted for 8 to 9 hr. over an approximate 13-mo. period. The effects of the intensity of microwave reinforcement varied as a function of the ratio value of the schedule used. Continuous reinforcement (FR-1) produced the lowest over-all rates, whereas FR-15, and FR-25 produced the highest over-all rates. Relatively higher thermal-behavior rates occurred under 62.5 W than under any of the other MW intensities for FR-1, FR-15, and FR-25, whereas FR-10 and FR-30 ratios produced intermediate rates of thermal responding which were constant for all values of MW intensity. These data are explained in terms of interactive effects between the “local” satiation or deprivation properties of the MW intensity and the ratio requirements of the schedule of MW reinforcement.

Human Performance Under Sequences of Fixed-Ratio Schedules: Effects of Ratio Size and Magnitude of Reinforcement

1988 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elbert Blakely ◽  
Stephen Starin ◽  
Alan Poling
Keyword(s):  
Human Performance ◽  
Fixed Ratio ◽  
Ratio Size

Fixed-ratio size as a determinant of tolerance to cocaine

1993 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 471???478 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Nickel ◽  
K. Ailing ◽  
M. Kleiner ◽  
A. Poling
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Ratio ◽  
Ratio Size
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