An exact frequency ratio of 3:1 was maintained between reinforcing events over successive blocks of 4, 8, 16, or 128 trials in a two-choice verbal conditioning situation. No effect of such restricted randomization was found upon the mean learning curves, total number of responses, or variance in total number of responses. Monte Carlo runs were computed to show that these results are consistent with statistical learning theory.
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