Conditional Choice-Unique Outcomes Establish Expectancies That Mediate Choice Behavior

Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 173-181

  Overmier, J Bruce ^a   Linwick, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS;

EID: 0035411002     PISSN: 1053881X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02734091     Document Type: Article

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