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The performance of 22 adult male rhesus monkeys on a Fixed Interval 1-min reinforcement schedule was examined under conditions where the reinforcement probabilities were either 1.00 or .80. The results were then related to the social rank of animals at the time that they were taken from their social groups. Both high and low ranked animals reached criterion performance in the same number of trials. In general, high ranking animals responded at lower rates than low ranking animals when the reinforcement probability was 1.00. When the reinforcement probability was shifted to .80, all animals showed an increase in responding after nonreinforced intervals as compared with responses after reinforced intervals. The higher ranked animals tended to have a higher ratio of nonreinforced to reinforced responses than lower ranked animals.
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Bunnell, B.N., Kenshalo, D.R., Allen, J.D. et al. Performance correlates of social behavior and organization: Social rank and omission of reinforcement in rhesus monkeys (M. mulatta). Primates 20, 77–86 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02373829
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