Distribution and Adjustment of Behavior under Contingent and Non-contingent Conditions of Water Delivery

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.12804/apl33.02.2015.11

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Published: Jan 13, 2015
Issue: Vol. 33 No. 02 (2015)
Section Artículos


Keywords: respondent conditioning operant conditioning visual versus auditory stimuli fixed-interval lever-pressing rats

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Mario Serrano
UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA
  Darcy Raul Martinez Montor
UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA
  Edgar Eduardo Montes Castro
UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA

Abstract

The observation of similar functional relations under Pavlovian and operant contingencies could support the idea that both respondent and operant behaviors are the result of the same process. The effects of the sequence of exposure to non-contingent and contingent water delivery on the occurrence, temporal distribution, andbehavioral adjustment were assessed. Lights or tones were used as antecedent stimuli between subjects. The required responses under each condition of water delivery (nose-poking and lever-pressing) increased and decreased in correspondence with the ongoing contingency. No differences in the temporal distribution of both responses were observed when they were required by the ongoing contingency. Under both sequences of exposure the behavioral adjustment was higher in the second than in the first condition of water delivery. The results are discussed considering the possibility of a single behavioral process under both conditions of water delivery
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Serrano, M., Martinez Montor, D. R., & Montes Castro, E. E. (2015). Distribution and Adjustment of Behavior under Contingent and Non-contingent Conditions of Water Delivery. Avances En Psicología Latinoamericana, 33(02), 333–345. https://doi.org/10.12804/apl33.02.2015.11
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