期刊名称：Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas
印刷版ISSN：0185-1276
电子版ISSN：1870-3062
出版年度：2020
卷号：46
期号：2
页码：226-243
DOI：10.5514/rmac.v46.i2.77881
出版社：Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas
摘要：Three pairs of rats worked in two adjacent operant chambers separated by a Plexiglas wall. In some experimental conditions, lever-presses were independent operants maintained by either a fixed-interval (FI) or variable interval (VI) schedule. In other conditions, each rat lever- press was part of two interlocked behavior contingencies as part of a metacontingency: its aggregate product, a brief flash of light, was maintained either by a FI or a VI schedule of mutual water presentation. The results clearly show that the interlocking of behavioral contingencies in the design of an experimental metacontingency established a pattern of cooperation between the rats.
