Associative competition in operant conditioning: Blocking the response-reinforcer association

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 618-623

  Williams, Ben A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; RAT; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 0033256722     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03212970     Document Type: Article

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