Abstract
The relationship between pecking and keylight termination was systematically varied to assess possible conditioned reinforcement effects of keylight termination in negative automaintained pecking. Pecking was observed under conditions where pecking produced sustained keylight termination, brief keylight termination, or had no effect on key illumination. The proportion of trials with a peck was unrelated to the peck-termination contingency. The latency on trials with a peck was shortest in the sustained termination condition. The rate of pecking on trials with a peck was highest in the condition where termination was independent of pecking. Overall, the results provide little support for the notion that keylight termination functions as a conditioned reinforcer in the negative automaintenance paradigm.
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