We performed three experiments to improve the quality and retention of data obtained from a Procedure for Rapidly Establishing Steady-State Behavior (PRESS-B; Klapes et al., 2020). In Experiment 1, 120 participants worked on nine concurrent random-interval random-interval (conc RI RI) schedules and were assigned to four conditions of varying changeover delay (COD) length. The 0.5-s COD condition group exhibited the fewest instances of exclusive reinforcer acquisition. Importantly, this group did not differ in generalized matching law (GML) fit quality from the other groups. In Experiment 2, 60 participants worked on nine conc RI RI schedules with a wider range of scheduled reinforcement rate ratios than was used in Experiment 1. Participants showed dramatic reductions in exclusive reinforcer acquisition. Experiment 3 entailed a replication of Experiment 2 wherein blackout periods were implemented between the schedule presentations and each schedule remained in operation until at least one reinforcer was acquired on each alternative. GML fit quality was slightly more consistent in Experiment 3 than in the previous experiments. Thus, these results suggest that future PRESS-B studies should implement a shorter COD, a wider and richer scheduled reinforcement rate ratio range, and brief blackouts between schedule presentations for optimal data quality and retention.

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快速建立稳态行为程序的方法改进

我们进行了三项实验，以提高从快速建立稳态行为的程序（PRESS-B；Klapes 等人，2020 年）中获得的数据的质量和保留率。在实验 1 中，120 名参与者在九个并发的随机间隔随机间隔 (conc RI RI) 时间表上工作，并被分配到四个不同转换延迟 (COD) 长度的条件。0.5 秒 COD 条件组展示了最少的独家强化物获取实例。重要的是，该组在广义匹配法 (GML) 拟合质量方面与其他组没有差异。在实验 2 中，60 名参与者在 9 个 conc RI RI 计划中工作，计划的强化率比范围比实验 1 中使用的范围更广。参与者的独家强化物获取显着减少。实验 3 需要重复实验 2，其中在时间表演示之间实施了停电期，并且每个时间表保持运行，直到在每个替代方案上获得至少一个强化物。与之前的实验相比，实验 3 中的 GML 拟合质量稍微一致。因此，这些结果表明，未来的 PRESS-B 研究应该实施更短的 COD、更广泛和更丰富的计划强化率比率范围，以及计划演示之间的短暂中断，以实现最佳数据质量和保留。