Citation

Gentry WD. J. Exp. Anal. Behav. 1968; 11(6): 813-817.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1968, Wiley-Blackwell)

DOI

10.1901/jeab.1968.11-813

PMID

5750925

PMCID

PMC1338636

Abstract

Pigeons' pecks were conditioned with food reinforcement. Subjects were exposed to sessions of no-reinforcement and of fixed-ratio reinforcement. The pigeons attacked a target animal during the fixed-ratio reinforcement conditions. The attack occurred primarily during the post-reinforcement pause and occurred after almost every instance of reinforcement. Little or no aggressive behavior was demonstrated during periods of no-reinforcement except on the initial days of these conditions. The results indicated that a fixed-ratio schedule of reinforcement has certain characteristics capable of producing aggression.

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