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Alcoholic patients received poker chips exchangeable for candy and cigarettes for correct choices among three stimulus cards. Chips’ colors were paired with the cards so that a chip received for a correct choice on a particular trial set the occasion for which card was to be positive on the next trial. Only one of 32 Ss responded to the cue value of the poker chips. The learning curve representing the performance of all Ss combined was U-shaped.
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Appreciation is extended to Mr. Horst Klemm for his assistance in the computation of the data.
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Gill, J.H., Fox, J. Secondary reinforcers as discriminative stimuli in choice performance. Psychon Sci 13, 323–324 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03342607
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