Abstract
Using 40 Ss, an attempt was made to precondition a secondary reinforcer by pairing two lights during preconditioning, making the paired presentation of one of the lights and reinforcement contingent upon a button-pressing response during conditioning, and measuring the number of responses for presentation of the other light during extinction. Relative to controls, there was a preconditioning effect (p<.05) which was more pronounced when S was a dim light and the test stimulus a bright light (p =.025). The results suggest that the preconditioning effect is a more general phenomenon than previous research would indicate.
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Miller, M.E. Preconditioning of a secondary reinforcer. Psychon Sci 12, 247–248 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331293
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