Date of Award
1971
Degree Name
Psychology
College
College of Liberal Arts
Type of Degree
M.A.
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
It is a well established principle that reinforcement must quickly follow a response for learning to occur. The detrimental effects on learning of delays in reinforcement of 1-10 seconds have been repeatedly demonstrated during the past fifty years (Renner, 1964). When secondary reinforcement and mediating cues are eliminated, the delay of reinforcement gradient indicates little learning after delays of five seconds. Delay of punishment gradients parallel those obtained with positive reinforcement.
Subject(s)
Reinforcement learning.
Feedback control systems.
Recommended Citation
Ferrise, Richard L., "Effect of preloading on learned food aversions due to delayed lithium chloride sickness" (1971). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 2036.
https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/2036
