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superstition. The bird behaves as if there was a causal relation between its behavior and the presentation of food, although.600 CO uu CO Z O Q. CO 400 TIME Figure 1. 'Reconditioning' of a superstitious response after extinc-tion. (The response of hopping from right to left had been thoroughly extinguished just before the record was taken. The ...
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Jan 1, 2020 · Abstract. Skinner’s (1948) ‘Superstition’ in the Pigeon paper proposed that accidental response-reward contingencies, via adventitious reinforcement, could operantly condition the behaviors of pigeons under fixed-time (response-independent) schedules of food delivery.
- Eduardo J. Fernandez, William Timberlake
- 2020
Jan 3, 2024 · In that, both observers noted that after repeated trials, the birds began a clear consistent idiosyncratic pattern of behaviour each time an indication of a food reward might occur i.e. the food ...
•Birds did different moves eg pecking floor •Birds executed the response when the hopper appeared to give a reward •Extinction was only found after 10-15 mins but was gradually reconditioned- retention for learning is brief
Apr 26, 2001 · Although extinction-key responding generally decreased to near-zero levels after several sessions, in a few instances, it continued for 30 and 45 sessions. These results demonstrate how concurrent variable-interval extinction schedules can be used to investigate what often has been labeled superstitious responding.
- Adam H. Doughty, Timothy A. Shahan, Kennon A. Lattal
- 2001
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Sep 10, 2019 · Skinner concluded that almost any behavior was susceptible to the influence of accidental correlation of a response and a reinforcer. The effect was strong, requiring more than 10,000 responses before extinction (disappearance of the response) in one pigeon. He ended the short article with an extension to human behavior in the description of a ...
Sep 15, 2020 · When the extinction struck, the traits birds had been evolving for millions of years made the difference between life and death. While some birds survived the impact and its aftermath, not...
