The probability-learning performance of 16 rats at two different extents of deprivation was compared after pretraining conditions under which Ss received equal or different numbers of reinforcements from two response alternatives. Results indicated no differential performances by the groups at different drive levels or under different pretraining conditions. It was concluded that deprivation effects on probability learning appear to be minimal even when Ss have a consistent history of greater reinforcement of one alternative.
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