Do parakeets exhibit derived stimulus control? Some thoughts on experimental control procedures

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 321-324

  Saunders, Kathryn J ^a,b   Williams, Dean C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Parsons Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Adventitious reinforcement; Parakeets; Stimulus equivalence; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; PARAKEET; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; PARAKEETS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0032214699     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1998.70-321     Document Type: Article

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