The development of functional response units: The role of demarcating stimuli

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 303-320

  Reid, Alliston K ^a   Chadwick, Cynthia Z ^b   Dunham, Myila ^b   Miller, Angela ^b  

^a WOFFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Behavioral unit; Behavioral variability; Chunking; Rats; Response acquisition; Response sequences; Response stereotypy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; STEREOTYPY; TIME;

ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; LEARNING; MARKOV CHAINS; RATS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035512879     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2001.76-303     Document Type: Article

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