This study evaluated the extent to which a conjugate reinforcement schedule (CONJ) involving a contingency between pedaling a stationary bike and viewing a preferred movie could serve as a translational preparation for the analysis of automatically reinforced behavior. In part, researchers examined whether providing participants with either an accurate or an inaccurate rule about the extinction (EXT) component of a multiple schedule (MULT) contributed to the development of control by the MULT (CONJ EXT) schedule. Results show schedule control emerged for four of five participants who received the accurate rule and none of the five participants who received the inaccurate rule. In addition, participants who received accurate rules typically increased pedaling during CONJ components that followed two consecutive EXT components, suggesting that they experienced deprivation for audio and visual stimulation generated by pedaling. These preliminary findings suggest that researchers could use this translational preparation to identify matched interventions for some automatically reinforced behavior.

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共轭强化和消退的多个时间表：用于评估自动强化行为的转化模型

这项研究评估了涉及骑固定自行车和观看喜欢的电影之间的意外事件的共轭强化计划（CONJ）可以在多大程度上作为分析自动强化行为的转化准备。在某种程度上，研究人员检查了向参与者提供关于多重时间表（MULT）的灭绝（EXT）组成部分的准确或不准确的规则是否有助于通过MULT（CONJ EXT）时间表进行控制的发展。结果显示，收到准确规则的五名参与者中有四名出现了日程控制，而收到不准确规则的五名参与者中没有一个出现了日程控制。此外，接受准确规则的参与者通常会在连续两个 EXT 组件之后的 CONJ 组件中增加踩踏次数，这表明他们经历了踩踏产生的音频和视觉刺激的剥夺。这些初步发现表明，研究人员可以利用这种转化准备来识别某些自动强化行为的匹配干预措施。