The effects of prior experienced or instructed reinforcement schedule of success were investigated in a subsequent persistent situation. Rotter and Feather predict greater persistence or resistance to extinction, the higher the probability of previous success, while the extinction model would predict the greater resistance to extinction, the lower the previous probability of success. The results supported the extinction model.
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