Stimulus control and generalization of point-loss punishment with humans

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 261-274

  O'Donnell, Jennifer ^a   Crosbie, John ^b   Williams, Dean C ^b   Saunders, Kathryn J ^b  

^a Parsons Research Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Discrimination training; Humans; Lever press; Plunger pull; Punishment; Stimulus control; Stimulus generalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUNISHMENT; REINFORCEMENT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUNISHMENT; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 0034181614     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2000.73-261     Document Type: Article

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