One schedule of reinforcement that is used to decrease the rate of a target behavior is differential reinforcement of low rates (DRL). During this schedule, reinforcement is delivered for a target response if it occurs after a certain amount of time has passed since the last instance of this target response. The current study used a table-top game called PORTL and college student participants to investigate how collateral patterns develop and are disrupted during DRL schedules. After the participant developed a collateral pattern of behaviors with the objects, the researcher removed one of the objects that was part of the pattern and waited for a new pattern of behaviors to develop. Once the participant developed a new collateral pattern, the researcher removed a second object. This continued until there was only one object present. Results showed that the rate of reinforcement decreased following the removal of each object, then slowly increased as a new pattern developed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1752335 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Herzog, Leah |
| Contributors | Rosales-Ruiz, Jess, Becker, April, Dracobly, Joe |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | vi, 46 pages, Text |
| Rights | Public, Herzog, Leah, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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