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Is there a relationship between pellet sugar content and schedule-induced polydipsia? A reexamination

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Fairbank, JA; Schaeffer, RW
Published in: Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society
January 1, 1978

Five groups of six food-deprived female albino rats received different formulas of Noyes sugared dry-food pellets under a FT 60-sec food reinforcement schedule. Relative to baseline conditions that preceded and followed the FT schedule, 26 of 30 animals more than doubled their water consumption in the FT food-reinforcement schedule condition. The results of this study confirm previous investigators’ reports of an inverse ordinal relationship between the amount of water consumed and sugar content of the food reinforcer, but this relationship was found to be neither numerically large nor statistically significant. It is concluded that premature theoretical speculation, drawn from numerical relationships that lack statistical significance, may be a very unprofitable technique for identification of underlying causes of schedule-induced polydipsia. © 1978, The Psychonomic Society, Inc.. All rights reserved.

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Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society

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0090-5054

Publication Date

January 1, 1978

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12

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2

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120 / 122
 

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Fairbank, J. A., & Schaeffer, R. W. (1978). Is there a relationship between pellet sugar content and schedule-induced polydipsia? A reexamination. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 12(2), 120–122. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329645
Fairbank, J. A., and R. W. Schaeffer. “Is there a relationship between pellet sugar content and schedule-induced polydipsia? A reexamination.” Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society 12, no. 2 (January 1, 1978): 120–22. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329645.
Fairbank JA, Schaeffer RW. Is there a relationship between pellet sugar content and schedule-induced polydipsia? A reexamination. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society. 1978 Jan 1;12(2):120–2.
Fairbank, J. A., and R. W. Schaeffer. “Is there a relationship between pellet sugar content and schedule-induced polydipsia? A reexamination.” Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, vol. 12, no. 2, Jan. 1978, pp. 120–22. Scopus, doi:10.3758/BF03329645.
Fairbank JA, Schaeffer RW. Is there a relationship between pellet sugar content and schedule-induced polydipsia? A reexamination. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society. 1978 Jan 1;12(2):120–122.

Published In

Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society

DOI

ISSN

0090-5054

Publication Date

January 1, 1978

Volume

12

Issue

2

Start / End Page

120 / 122