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Runway behavior of the gray rat snake with food and water reinforcement

1966; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 4; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3758/bf03342197

2197-9952

F. T. Crawford, Charles W. Bartlett,

Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Two groups of gray rat snakes were given training in an enclosed alleyway. Both groups were maintained on a seven day food and water deprivation schedule. Ss of the experimental group were run to food and water reinforcement. Control Ss were run in the same manner except that there was no reinforcement in the goal box. All Ss received one trial every seven days unless they were moulting. Measures of latency and running time produced diverging curves for the experimental and control groups, due principally to the increase in both measures for the latter group.