Response acquisition with delayed reinforcement: A comparison of two-lever procedures

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-28

  Sutphin, Glen ^b   Byrne, Tom ^b   Poling, Alan ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Delayed reinforcement; Lever press; Rats; Response acquisition; Water

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031608302     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1998.69-17     Document Type: Article

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