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This study compared the effects of response-independent reinforcement and the withdrawal of response-contingent reinforcement on food rewarded barpressiong rates in rats. Neither the resultant decreases in response rate nor subsequent reacquisition performance were differentially affected. It <http://affected.lt> was suggested that the traditional response-contingent reinforcement withdrawal was actually a mild form of punishment and that only the response-independent procedure validly represented extinction.
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Olson, R.D., May, J.G. & Williams, G.D. A reinterpretation of extinction in appetitive conditioning. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 4, 409–410 (1974). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336736
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