Falk's pivotal 1961 study showed that rats would drink excessive amounts of water when exposed to a time based schedule of reinforcement. Since then, schedule-induced drinking or polydipsia, has been demonstrated with several species and with a variety of different behaviors. Rats, the most commonly used animal, have been shown to drink excessive amounts of water under a variety of different time based schedules of reinforcement; exclusively during a free operant procedure. The current study shows that water drinking can be induced during a discrete trial procedure, and instead of using a time-based schedule of reinforcement, this study used a variable-ratio schedule of reinforcement. The results showed that excessive water drinking was induced under these conditions with a canine.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1404586 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Frier, Tracy |
| Contributors | Rosales-Ruiz, Jesus, Vaidya, Manish, Becker, April |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iv, 27 pages, Text |
| Rights | Public, Frier, Tracy, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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