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Four White Carneaux pigeons were trained to respond for food on concurrent variable interval reinforcement schedules. Their weights were systematically established at 73%, 80%, 87%, and 94% of ad lib. As weight increased, relative response rate and the relative time spent in the more dense schedule remained constant, while post reinforcement pause increased. There was less variation in time allocation than response ratios.
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The authors wish to thank G. Opfer, M. Newsom, and, especially, P. Killeen for suggestions on earlier drafts of this paper. This study was conducted while the first author was a Master’s Degree candidate at Arizona State University.
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Wald, B.A., Cheney, C.D. Matching behavior and deprivation. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 6, 4–6 (1975). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333127
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