Changeover behavior and preference in concurrent schedules

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 513-526

  Williams, Ben A ^a   Bell, Matthew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Changeover behavior; Concurrent schedules; Key peck; Matching law; Melioration theory; Pigeons; Probability of reinforcement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000164869     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1996.65-513     Document Type: Article

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