A parametric manipulation and meta‐analysis of target‐response punishment on resurgence

Author:

Martinez‐Perez Carla N.1ORCID,Ritchey Carolyn M.2ORCID,Gregory Megan E.3ORCID,Kuroda Toshikazu4ORCID,Gage Nicholas A.5ORCID,Podlesnik Christopher A.1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences University of Florida Gainesville FL USA

2. Department of Psychology College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Auburn University Auburn AL USA

3. College of Medicine, Department of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics University of Florida Gainesville FL USA

4. Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Seika Japan

5. WestEd, Special Education Policy and Practice

Abstract

AbstractResurgence can be defined as increases in previously reinforced and subsequently extinguished target responding when conditions for an alternative response worsen. Worsening of alternative conditions, such as extinction, has been linked to relapse of clinically relevant behavior. Preclinical researchers have evaluated whether punishing target responses while differentially reinforcing an alternative response could reduce resurgence when conditions are worsened with extinction, with mixed results. In the present investigation, we systematically replicated this line of research with human participants recruited via crowdsourcing, using response cost as punishment. During Phase 1, we reinforced target responses with 100 points per delivery, exchangeable for money. During Phase 2, we reinforced alternative responses, discontinued point reinforcement for target responses, and parametrically manipulated across groups the magnitude of point loss (1, 100, 320, or 1,000 points) contingent on target responses. During Phase 3, we tested for resurgence by extinguishing target and alternative responses. Added punishment systematically decreased target responding during Phase 2 but did not influence resurgence during Phase 3. With a meta‐analysis, we compared our findings with existing research examining a range of punishers and species. The results of the meta‐analysis comport with the present findings, suggesting that the inclusion of punishment reduces target responding during DRA but, overall, has no systematic effects on resurgence.

Publisher

Wiley

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