On the relation between preference and resistance to change

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-65

  Grace, Randolph C ^a   Nevin, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Concurrent chains; Key peck; Multiple schedules; Pigeons; Resistance to change; Response strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001862301     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1997.67-43     Document Type: Article

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