3 pigeons were exposed to a chained FI 2, adjusting ratio schedule in which the ratio was equal to the number of responses emitted in the preceding interval. When the correlation between the interval output and the following ratio was removed, interval rates declined. A descriptive analysis of sequential interval output suggested an explanation for these findings.
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