Date of Award
8-1972
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. E. Wade Hitzing
Second Advisor
Dr. J. Michael
Third Advisor
Dr. R. Ulrich
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Five albino rats developed schedule-induced polydipsia when placed on a fixed-interval 90 second or fixed-time 90 second schedule of food reinforcement with water concurrently available on a fixed-ratio two. The imposition of 15 second and 30 second delay contingencies on water availability following pellet delivery failed to eliminate the schedule-induced polydipsia. Results are discussed in terms of two hypotheses previously proposed to account for the post-pellet nature of the schedule-induced polydipsic phenomenon.
Recommended Citation
Rowan, James Thomas, "Schedule-Induced Polydipsia: Effects of Delayed Water Availability" (1972). Masters Theses. 2807.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/2807