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Two groups of eight rats each were trained in a straight-alley runway for 100 acquisition trials and 40 extinction trials. Group SAPR-D was trained on a single-alternation partial-reinforcement schedule with a 15-sec postreward delay period following the rewarded trials. Group SAPR-ND received no delay period on rewarded trials. While Group SAPR-ND showed a reliable patterning effect, no patterning was observed in Ss in Group SAPR-D. During extinction the Ss in Group SAPR-D were less resistant to extinction in the goal segment of the runway. The findings were seen as in general agreement with Capaldi’s (1966) sequential aftereffects hypothesis.
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A more complete version of this paper was presented at the meetings of SWPA in May 1969, Austin, Texas.
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Posey, T.B., Cogan, D.C. Postreinforcement delay training effect on runway speed patterning. Psychon Sci 21, 45–47 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332427
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