Marine Mammal Training Procedures. The Effects of Scheduled Reinforcement in the Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Abstract
The paddle-press response of an Atlantic bottle-nose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) was studied in a free operant situation and compared to performance in short exposures to several partial reinforcement schedules. In a broader investigation, conditioning under a variable ratio schedule produced more responses, at a greater rate, and for a longer time period, than did conditioning with continuous reinforcement. After conditioning on the ratio schedule, responding continued in the absence of reinforcement for a long period of time. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0718342
Entities
People
- Frank A. Beach Iii
- Ross L. Pepper