LOGAN: BASIC LAWS OF LEARNING 7/1/2000 OPERANT CONDITIONING: Excitation Independent Current Stimulus Variables Contents Paradigmatic/Natural/Asocial/Emotionally Positive Effect OS-1:00. Amt(Reinf) in Opcond OE****aka OS-1:10. Delay(Reinf) in Opcond OE****aja OS-1:20. Quality(Reinf) in Opcond OE****aqa Paradaigmatic/Natural/Asocial/Emotionally Neutral Effect OS-3:00. Role of context in Opcond OE****bCa OS-3:10. Maint OpR w/free-food available OE****bCf Paradigmatic/Unnatural/Asocial/Emotionally Neutral Effect OS-4:00. Counting in Operant Conditioning OE****hHc OS-1:00. Amt(Reinf) in Opcond OE****aka R PH Acq, Rate(OpR), R/Extn incr-f(sucrose concen reinf) - - - - Gut,N.'53- R P- Rate OpR incr-f(Amt/Qual(Reinf)) - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hut,PJ'54- MUPH Rate(OpR) on VI sched incr-decr-f(sucrose concen) - - - - - Con,DG'56+ RNPH Rate(OpR) incr w/ESB combined w/food reinf - - - - - - - - Gen,JA'58+ RIB- Overall R/rate on 2-min FI incr-f(sucrose-conc) - - - - - - Ste,WC'59e Inconsistent effect of sucrose-conc on temporal FI discrim RNPO Rate(OpR) w/ESB reinf at 2 sites > at septum alone - - - - Alb,RC'62+ PUPH Rate(OpR) w/VI reinf not-f reinf duration - - - - - - - - - Cat,AC'63- Rate(OpR) w/2 concur R's w/VI scheds incr-f(reinf duration) RUPH DRL w/required long IRT decr-f(Amt(Reinf)) - - - - - - - - Bee,B.'65+ RUPH Rate(OpR) w/sucrose reinf w/hi protein > lo protein diet - Col,GH'65e Rate(OpR) w/protein reinf w/hi protein < lo protein diet RUP1 Rate(OpR) incr-f(sucrose concen) w/no effect on topography Cor,CD'66+ MCPH Rate(OpR) w/VI incr-f(Amt(Reinf)) - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dav,JW'66e PIK- Freq(IRT) incr-f Mag/Freq(reinf) on VI w/IRT pacing - - - - Shi,CP'68- RUPO Maint OpR incr-f(density of heat reinf) in cold environ - - Car,HJ'70- RVPH Sim scallop, but Rate(OpR) w/large > small reinf w/in-O - Mel,D.'70+ RIB- Postreinf pause incr-f concen of milk reinf, w/in-O - - - - Low,CF'74e RIB- Postreinf pause incr-f Mag(reinf) if mix diff mag w/in-O - Har,P.'75e RCPH Rate(OpR) w/FI sched incr-f(concen honey reinf) - - - - - - May,G.'79e RUPH W/FR sched, post-reinf pause decr-f(Mag(milk reinf)) - - - Meu,GF'79+ RUPH W/FR sched, Rate(OpR) incr-decr-f(Amt(Reinf)) - - - - - - - Kli,DJ'88e Max Amt(Reinf) re above incr-f(FR size) Note: Total N/pellets received incr-f(Amt(Reinf)) RUPH Running Rate(OpR) w/VR sched incr-f(Amt(Reinf) w/incr pause Ree,P.'88+ OS-1:10. Delay(Reinf) in Opcond OE****aja P P- Maint OpR w/up-to-60-sec Delay(Reinf) w/gradual incr delay Fer,CB'53- Observe superstitious, ritual beh during long Delay(Reinf) RCPO Rate(OpR) rapid decr-f(time after OpR B4 reinf w/OpR avail) Hur,HM'60+ RUPH Maint OpR w/20,30-sec Delay(Reinf), esp if blackout w/delay Azz,R.'64e After pretrng, maint FR perf w/24-hr Delay(Reinf)) - - - - Fer,CB'65+ RGC- Incr saccharine intake w/vitamin reinf delayed 30 min - - - Gar,J.'67e RIB- Cue-lite-on after R on VI, R/rate decr-f Delay(reinf) - - - Pie,CH'72e Above results if retract lever or postpone reinf by R Chain FI after VI--same effect as Delay(reinf) PVPH W/VI sched unsignal .5-sec Delay(Reinf)-->Mult-peck R unit Arb,JL'88+ PUPH Rate(OpR) w/VI w/9-sec signaled Delay(Reinf) = immed reinf Sch,DW'88+ OS-1:20. Quality(Reinf) in Opcond OE****aqa RCPH Rate(OpR) w/VI w/32% > 8% sucrose concen, w/in O - - - - - Goo,KP'65- OS-3:00. Role of context in Opcond OE****bCa RNPH OpR decr by ECS in operant box, attrib to cond fear w/ECS - Fri,MH'53- PVPH Rate(OpR) is-s(size/brightness) of lighted area - - - - - - Gre,EJ'53- PVPH Rate(OpR) decr-f(illumination inten) - - - - - - - - - - - Gre,EJ'54- PVB- Observe incr or decr OpR rate w/incidental S - - - - - - - Mor,WH'57+ RxBH No decr in hi P(R) to tone/click element as-f compound trng Res,RA'72- PVPH Free food in ITI w/mult sched decr Rate(OpR) - - - - - - - Nev,JA'74- Above is-f(Amt/Delay/Freq(Reinf)) sim to effect of extn QCPH Concur visual exposure to conspecific decr Rate(OpR) w/short, not w/long FR Sched(Reinf) - - - - - - - - - - Den,R.'79- No effect of above exposure w/DRL Sched(Reinf) OS-3:10. Maint OpR w/free-food available OE****bCf xUPH W/pigeon/rat, emit food-reinf OpR w/free food available - - Neu,AJ'69- RCxH 3/25 O prefer OpR > free food; 0/25 O prefer OpR > free H2O Tay,GT'72- PVPH W/free food avail, emit OpR if hopper lite conting on FR300 Alf,LA'73e RUPH Prefer free food vs R-produced food, w/pref incr-f(FR) - - Hot,D.'73e RUP1 Maint mod Rate(OpR) w/food/H2O reinf freely avail - - - - - Knu,JF'73+ RUPH Prefer free unless earned food in familiar vs novel dish - Mit,D.'73e PUPH After VI trng, maint OpR w/free food avail - - - - - - - - Saw,LP'73+ In above, incr/decr free food R w/OpR avail conting on eat RUPT Decr Rate(OpR) w/concur free reinf w/cue re changed cond - Tay,GT'75- RUPH Maint OpR w/free food avail only if prior OpR trng - - - - Mit,P.'77+ RUPH Indiff between free food vs VI food at same rate of reinf - Whi,KG'77+ PUPH OpR w/food reinf w/free food avail incr-f(prior VI trng) - Len,BE'80+ OS-4:00. Counting in Operant Conditioning OE****hHc NfPH Acq 80% accuracy w/chain of exactly 3 OpR1 B4 OpR2 - - - - Fer,CB'58- RfPH Acq approx FR = at least 4/8/12/16 OpR1 B4 OpR2 - - - - - - Mec,F.'58- RCxH Rate(OpR1) w/FR B4 OpR2 > w/counting sched on OpR1 - - - - Hur,HM'62- SfPH Infer counting re match to min required FR of OpR1 B4 OpR2 Mil,JR'62- RCPH Acq counting-like beh (4-or-more-R1 B4 R2) w/cue after 4 R1 Hur,HM'63- After above, some maint beh w/out cue but not symbolic proc PfPH Diffcond L/R side keys re FR length on center key B4 choice Ril,M.'65+ RRBH Counting Kee,JD'67+ PfPH Diffcond short/long FR on OpR1 B4 OpR2, not-f(work time) - Ril,M.'67- R PH Diffcond S1-->3-4 OpR vs S2-->more-than-10 OpR - - - - - - Ada,RM'72+ RCPH Acq chain at-least-N/OpR1--> OpR2, w/N/OpR1 > N/required - Bla,DE'73+ Superimpose Pair(S,shock) on above-->decr N/OpR1 B4 OpR2 Counting Chu,RM'77+ PCPH Acq chain at-least-N/OpR1--> OpR2 w/varied TO between OpR1 Wil,DM'79e RCPH Rate(OpR) w/VI sched incr after 3rd of 3 unsignalled shocks Dav,H.'83+ Above counting beh not obtained w/signalled shocks PCPH Diffcond re FR based on both time and number, w/indif diff Fet,JG'93- RCLS Incr Rate(OpR) after 3rd of 3 shocks not attrib to time cue Dav,H.'95+ RCPH W/OpR reinf only after 5 shocks, suppress OpR until after 5 Mor,Y.'97+