This chapter aims to devote primarily to behavior induced by response-independent
procedures, and to those aspects of response-contingent schedules that are not directly …

This classic edition of the Handbook of Operant Behavior presents seminal work in the field
of learning and behavior, foreshadowing a new direction for learning research, and …

Background: We have developed an animal model of alcohol self‐administration that initially
employs schedule‐induced polydipsia (SIP) to establish reliable ethanol consumption under …

Adjunctive or schedule induced behavior can be defined as an increase in the frequency of
occurrence of an unreinforced behavior in the presence of conditions requiring an …

Since the appearance of the treatise on" Schedules of Reinforcement" by Ferster and
Skinner over two decades ago, the literature in behavior analysis, both experimental and …

Adrenalectomized female rats failed to develop schedule-induced polydipsia (SIP).
Dexamethasone (DEX) injections failed to reinstate SIP in adrenalectomized rats. They did …

Onset of action is a key unmet need in the treatment of depression. However, very few
preclinical models in which the effects of antidepressants can be shown are suitable for …

Lever presses by two rhesus monkeys produced food pellets that were assigned by both an
ascending and descending series of fixed‐interval schedules whose values varied between …

Drinking was recorded in rats while lever pressing was maintained on a series of
percentage reinforcement schedules in which the per cent of 1‐min fixed intervals …

Food-deprived rats were exposed to a schedule in which a brief stimulus was presented
approximately once every 60 sec. The first leverpress to occur in the presence of the …