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High fixed-ratio grid escape behavior was developed and maintained when a titrated reinforcement procedure was used in the acquisition of a lower ratio. FR20 developed in one session was maintained as long as 170 sessions. Escape responding remained consistent when the schedule was raised to FR40, FR60, and even FR80.
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Based in part on a paper, “The effects of increased schedule demands as a function of past exposure to ratio requirements in a grid-escape paradigm,” presented at the annual meeting of the Utah Psychological Association, Salt Lake City, Utah, December 1968 by J. Khalili. This research was supported in part by a University Research grant to the first author.
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Khalili, J., Cheney, C. Development and maintenance of FR escape with titrated reinforcement. Psychon Sci 15, 10–11 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336169
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