BEHAVIOR OF THE CHIMPANZEE ON A COMPLEX MULTIPLE SCHEDULE

Abstract

The report describes chimpanzee behavior on a four component, three lever multiple schedule. The component schedules included the Sidman avoidance procedure with a concurrent discriminated avoidance feature on a second lever, fixed ratio performance for food, differential reinforcement of low rate for water requiring a dual response chain, and a symbol discrimination task for continuous food reinforcement using three levers. The advantages of employing this type of schedule for evaluating the effects of exposure to space flight conditions are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0623936

Entities

People

  • Frederick H. Rohles Jr.
  • Marvin E. Grunzke
  • Richard E. Belleville

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Animal Experimentation
  • Animals
  • Chimpanzees
  • Digestive System Processes
  • Discrimination
  • Dispensers
  • Experimental Design
  • Flight
  • Intervals
  • New Mexico
  • Observation
  • Sequences
  • Space Flight
  • Training
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience

Technology Areas

  • Space