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The experimenters used human subjects and three schedules of reinforcement: (1) continuous reinforcement; (2) a schedule with few N-R transitions and long N-lengths; and (3) a schedule with many N-R transitions and short N-lengths. In the first experiment, with extended acquisition training, the second schedule produced a partial reinforcement effect, but the third did not. In the second experiment, acquisition training was shortened, but the results were essentially the same as those of the first experiment.
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Schmeck, R., Mueller, C. Resistance to extinction in humans as a function of sequential variables and amount of acquisition training. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 5, 76–78 (1975). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336711
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