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Two squads of rats were initially given single-alternation (SA) training and subsequently shifted to a double-alternation (DA) schedule. Two other squads were initially trained under a DA schedule and shifted to a SA schedule. The results showed that there was no persistence of behavior learned under one schedule to the new schedule. (Performance conformed appropriately and virtually immediately to the new schedule.) These results suggest that contemporary odor conditions may be very salient cues in situations involving transferring behavior from one schedule of reinforcement to another.
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This research was supported by a Faculty Research Grant from Middle Tennessee State University. Portions of this paper were presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, Texas, April 1979. The authors also thank Larry R. Stanley for his comments in the preparation of this manuscript.
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Prytula, R.E., Davis, S.F., Allen, D.D. et al. Transfer of single- and double-alternation patterning as a function of odor cues. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 15, 131–134 (1980). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334488
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