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Abstract
Rats were trained to eat free food from a dish, then trained to press a lever for similar food. The free food was then presented while subjects were pressing on several reinforcement schedules. Subjects continued to press for reinforcement when one or two presses were required for reinforcement, and ate little free food. When ten presses were required for reinforcement, rats preferred free food and pressed little or not at all. It was concluded that, when work demands are not too high, rats prefer earned food to free food.Entities:
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Year: 1970 PMID: 5411917 DOI: 10.1126/science.167.3922.1273
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728