The generality of selective observing

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 171-187

  Gaynor, Scott T ^a,b   Shull, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioned reinforcement; Key poke; Observing behavior; Rats; Selective observing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 0036516110     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2002.77-171     Document Type: Article

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