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Subjects were given a high (10 pellets) or a low (one pellet) magnitude of continuous reinforcement combined factorially with 0,.1, or.8 m A of intermittent shock. Groups that received a low magnitude of food reinforcement were more resistant to extinction than those that received a high magnitude of reinforcement. Shock intensities did not have any systematic effect on resistance to extinction, indicating that response suppression due to intense punishment during acquisition is not sufficient to cause an increase in resistance to extinction.
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Haddad, N.F., Mellgren, R.L. Effects of magnitude of reward and intensity of intermittent punishment on resistance to extinction. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 7, 449–451 (1976). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337243
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337243