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Rats were trained in the straight runway under different percentages of partial reward and then extinguished. Within-day nonre ward-reward and reward-nonreward transitions were held constant during acquisition. The data showed that small percentage of partial reward led to greater resistance to extinction than did large percentage. The results were interpreted as supporting Amsel’s frustration hypothesis.
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Bloom, J.M., Metze, L.P. & McFarlainf, R.A. Independent effects of percentage of partial reward on resistance to extinction. Psychon Sci 29, 158–160 (1972). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03342579
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