Using two albino rats as Ss, extinction was programmed under one component of a two-component multiple DRL schedule of reinforcement. There was an increase in response rate and subsequent loss in reinforcements in the constant component. Within 17 sessions, both the response rate and number of reinforcements earned returned to the pre-extinction baseline range in the constant component. The type of schedule used and the species used as Ss were discussed as possible limiting conditions in the maintenance of positive behavioral contrast.
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