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The effects of partial delay of reward in training and partial delay-box confinement in extinction were investigated using a within-type experimental design in both training and extinction.One alley of a Grice discriminator led to immediate reward, while the other alley led to 30-sec. delay on two-thirds of the trials. Half of Ss were extinguished with 30-sec. delay-box confinements on two-thirds of the trials in the former delay alley and no delay in the other alley; half had no delay in either alley. In contrast to the results from between-type experiments, partial delay produced less resistance to extinction and changes in delay from training to extinction had no effect.
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This research was supported by a grant GB4299 from the National Science Foundation and a grant from the Biomedical Research Fund of The University of Kansas.
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Wike, E.L., Atwood, M.E. The Effects of Delayed Reward and Delay-Box Confinement Upon Instrumental Performance: A Within-Type Design. Psychol Rec 20, 57–62 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03393908
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