An experiment was conducted to test the hypothesis that with increasing degrees of acquisition training a response might become increasingly independent of an intermittent cue. Thirty-six albino rats were assigned to two levels of acquisition training and two extinction conditions. It was found that with limited training the intermittent cue operated as a secondary reinforcer; with increased training, however, the secondary reinforcing effect of the cue diminished.
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