The partial reinforcement effect was studied using a modified slot machine with chronic schizophrenics as Ss. A short acquisition series, using four different percentages of reinforcement, was followed by an extinction series. The partial reinforcement effect was not obtained, using mean log trials to extinction as a criterion measure.
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