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80 female Ss earned points on a counter for button pressing on a FI 20, 40, 60 and 80 sec. schedule of reinforcement. The Ss were uninformed of the reinforcement schedule. The Ss’ final performance and verbalization of the reinforcement contingency were related to initial rate of responding and presence of a shift in rate during training, but unrelated to interval duration.
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Leander, J.D., Lippman, L.G. & Meyer, M.E. Fixed Interval Performance as Related to Subjects’ Verbalizations of the Reinforcement Contingency. Psychol Rec 18, 469–474 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03393795
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