An operant blocking interpretation of instructed insensitivity to schedule contingencies.

Undergraduates pressed computer keys to move a cursor through a visual matrix under a multiple fixed ratio 18/differential-reinforcement-of-low-rate 6-s schedule. In Experiment 1, instructions to “Go Fast” or “Go Slow” produced schedule-insensitive performances for the majority of participants. Subs...

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Published in:	Psychological Record Vol. 49; no. 4; pp. 663 - 685
Main Authors:	Otto, Terri L., Torgrud, Laine J., Holborn, Stephen W.
Format:	Article
Published:	Psychological Record Fall99
Subjects:	Reinforcement (Psychology) Giving & following of instructions
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost