Document Type
Thesis - campus only access
Date of Award
Summer 1974
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Biology
Advisor
Robert Slonaker
Abstract
Four thirteen-lined ground squirrels (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus) were trained on a DRL 20-sec schedule and given the opportunity to emit a mediating behavior (i.e., running in an activity wheel or manipulating a cork ball attached to a switch). All of the subjects used the manipulanda provided, allowing quantification of the mediating behavior. Results indicated that the number of mediating responses were correlated with the length of interresponse time (IRT) for all animals, and that similarities in the two mediating response data were present. These results are consistent with the theory that mediating behavior facilitates performance on a differential reinforcement of low response rates (DRL) schedule.
Recommended Citation
Whiteside, Gerald L., "Observations of Objectively Quantifiable Collateral Behavior of Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus Tridecemlineatus) Produced on a Differential Reinforcement of Low Response Rates Schedule" (1974). Master's Theses. 1546.
DOI: 10.58809/NPRL5486
Available at:
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/1546
Rights
© 1974 Gerald L. Whiteside
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