Accession Number:

AD0623936

Title:

BEHAVIOR OF THE CHIMPANZEE ON A COMPLEX MULTIPLE SCHEDULE

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE MISSILE DEVELOPMENT CENTER HOLLOMAN AFB NM

Personal Author(s):

• Belleville, Richard E.
• Rohles, Frederick H. ,Jr.
• Grunzke, Marvin E.

Report Date:

1961-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

24.0

Abstract:

The report describes chimpanzee behavior on a four component, three lever multiple schedule. The component schedules included the Sidman avoidance procedure with a concurrent discriminated avoidance feature on a second lever, fixed ratio performance for food, differential reinforcement of low rate for water requiring a dual response chain, and a symbol discrimination task for continuous food reinforcement using three levers. The advantages of employing this type of schedule for evaluating the effects of exposure to space flight conditions are discussed.

Descriptors:

• *SPACE SIMULATION CHAMBERS
• BEHAVIOR
• CHIMPANZEES
• SPACE FLIGHT
• STIMULATION(PHYSIOLOGY)
• TRAINING

Subject Categories:

• Psychology
• Stress Physiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE