Preference and resistance to change with constant- and variable-duration terminal links: Independence of reinforcement rate and magnitude

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 233-255

  Grace, Randolph C ^a   Bedell, Melissa A ^b   Nevin, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Behavioral momentum; Concurrent chains; Key peck; Pigeons; Reinforcement magnitude; Reinforcement rate; Resistance to change

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MOTIVATION; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 0036560254     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2002.77-233     Document Type: Article

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