The effect of constant delay of reinforcement during acquisition on resistance to position reversal was observed in two experiments. In Exp. 1 a similar final level of acquisition performance was ensured by running all Ss to a criterion; in Exp. 2, Ss received 300 acquisition trials ensuring overlearning for all Ss. Both experiments failed to show increased resistance to reversal as a function of acquisition delay as had been predicted from frustration theory.
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