Social familiarity and reinforcement value: a behavioral-economic analysis of demand for social interaction with cagemate and non-cagemate female rats
Rats were studied in social reinforcement procedures in which lever presses opened a door separating two adjacent spaces, permitting access to social interaction with a partner rat. The number of lever presses required for social interaction was systematically increased across blocks of sessions acc...
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| description | Rats were studied in social reinforcement procedures in which lever presses opened a door separating two adjacent spaces, permitting access to social interaction with a partner rat. The number of lever presses required for social interaction was systematically increased across blocks of sessions according to fixed-ratio schedules, generating demand functions at three different social reinforcement durations: 10 s, 30 s, and 60 s. The social partner rats were cagemates in one phase, and non-cagemates in a second phase. The rate at which social interactions were produced declined with the fixed-ratio price, and was well described by an exponential model that has been successfully employed with a range of social and non-social reinforcers. None of the main parameters of the model varied systematically with social interaction duration or with the social familiarity of the partner rat. On the whole, the results provide further evidence of the reinforcing value of social interaction, and its functional parallels with non-social reinforcers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eee9f10e76034d5780b604eb1a7011852023-05-12T06:21:56ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-05-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.11583651158365Social familiarity and reinforcement value: a behavioral-economic analysis of demand for social interaction with cagemate and non-cagemate female ratsRachel Schulingkamp0Haoran Wan1Haoran Wan2Timothy D. Hackenberg3Department of Psychology, Reed College, Portland, OR, United StatesDepartment of Psychology, Reed College, Portland, OR, United StatesDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United StatesDepartment of Psychology, Reed College, Portland, OR, United StatesRats were studied in social reinforcement procedures in which lever presses opened a door separating two adjacent spaces, permitting access to social interaction with a partner rat. The number of lever presses required for social interaction was systematically increased across blocks of sessions according to fixed-ratio schedules, generating demand functions at three different social reinforcement durations: 10 s, 30 s, and 60 s. The social partner rats were cagemates in one phase, and non-cagemates in a second phase. The rate at which social interactions were produced declined with the fixed-ratio price, and was well described by an exponential model that has been successfully employed with a range of social and non-social reinforcers. None of the main parameters of the model varied systematically with social interaction duration or with the social familiarity of the partner rat. On the whole, the results provide further evidence of the reinforcing value of social interaction, and its functional parallels with non-social reinforcers.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1158365/fullsocial reinforcementoperant methodsdemand analysisratssocial familiarity |
| spellingShingle | Rachel Schulingkamp Haoran Wan Haoran Wan Timothy D. Hackenberg Social familiarity and reinforcement value: a behavioral-economic analysis of demand for social interaction with cagemate and non-cagemate female rats Frontiers in Psychology social reinforcement operant methods demand analysis rats social familiarity |
| title | Social familiarity and reinforcement value: a behavioral-economic analysis of demand for social interaction with cagemate and non-cagemate female rats |
| title_full | Social familiarity and reinforcement value: a behavioral-economic analysis of demand for social interaction with cagemate and non-cagemate female rats |
| title_fullStr | Social familiarity and reinforcement value: a behavioral-economic analysis of demand for social interaction with cagemate and non-cagemate female rats |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social familiarity and reinforcement value: a behavioral-economic analysis of demand for social interaction with cagemate and non-cagemate female rats |
| title_short | Social familiarity and reinforcement value: a behavioral-economic analysis of demand for social interaction with cagemate and non-cagemate female rats |
| title_sort | social familiarity and reinforcement value a behavioral economic analysis of demand for social interaction with cagemate and non cagemate female rats |
| topic | social reinforcement operant methods demand analysis rats social familiarity |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1158365/full |
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