Behavioral resistance as function of different levels of instruction completeness

The present study examined the effects of different levels instruction completeness on behavioral persistence humans engaged in a computer task. Five undergraduate students responded three-component multiple schedule reinforcement during baseline. In two components, responses produced points according to fixed-interval (FI) 5 s reinforcement. third component, extinction was programmed, and no available (No-Instruction Component - NI). complete "Press once every seconds earn points" appeared screen one FI component (Complete-Instruction – CI), minimal other (Minimal-Instruction MI). rate equal between components. Increases response force disturbed responding test relative Overall, greater occurred correlated with (i.e., CI component), suggesting that can differentially affect when is held constant.