Our goal today was to get her to press the lever at least 120 times so that she would get reinforced at least 60 times.
Procedure:
Today we cleaned the cage before we placed her in it. Once we placed her in we installed the shield and the observed her actions as she went through the training session.
Results:
She pressed the bar 272 times which means she got a total of 136 reinforcements. Today the session lasted 24:16 minutes and her presses were more even over time.
Discussion:
Today we felt that she successfully accomplished the FR 2 schedule and planned on moving her onto FR 3 the next day. Every so often during the training session she would take breaks after being reinforced. At first we were a little concerned about this but Dr. Trench eased our worries and explained to us that it was normal. Captain Kirk seemed to get a little frustrated today with the FR 2 schedule but she did not give up and as the session went on began to understand that she would not get a reward every time she pressed the lever. This is good because it sets us up to continue on to the harder schedules.
Cumulative Record
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