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Hooded rats pressing a bar for food reward on a fixed interval schedule were shocked after every 1, 2, 4, or 8 responses with.6 ma shocks of.25,.50, or 1.0 sec. duration. All Ss eventually ceased responding. In retest sessions two weeks later, several Ss who had received the least frequent punishment were among those who did not resume bar pressing. Only for the shorter shock durations was partial punishment less effective than punishment for every response.
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1. This experiment was supported by a State of California Department of Mental Hygiene Research Grant No. R-64-2-26.2. We thank Walter Salinger for his help in carrying out this experiment.
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Storms, L.H., Boroczi, G. Effectiveness of fixed ratio punishment and durability of its effects. Psychon Sci 5, 447–448 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331042
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