Da Silva, S.P., Maxwell, M.E. & Lattal, K.A. (2008).
Concurrent resurgence and behavioral history.
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 90, 313-331.
The contribution of past experiences to concurrent resurgence was investigated
in three experiments. In Experiment 1, resurgence was related to the length of
reinforcement history as well as the reinforcement schedule that previously
maintained responding. Specifically, more resurgence occurred when key pecks
had been reinforced on a variable-interval 1-min schedule than a
variable-interval 6-min schedule, but this effect may have been
due either to the differential reinforcement rates or differential
response rates under the two schedules. When reinforcement rates
were similar (Experiment 2), there was more resurgence of high-rate
than low-rate responding. When response rates were similar
(Experiment 3), resurgence was not related systematically to
prior reinforcement rates. Taken together, these three
experimental tests of concurrent resurgence illustrate that
prior response rates are better predictors of resurgence than
are prior reinforcement rates.
Key words: resurgence, behavioral history, response recovery,
concurrent schedule, pigeons, key peck