4 food-deprived, female albino rats were exposed to baseline and free-reinforcement schedule conditions in which either water or alcohol solution were concurrently available or the alcohol solution was available alone. The results replicate previous findings but are not explicable by current motivational or reinforcement theoretical notions. Practical and theoretical considerations with regard to these data are discussed.
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