Observing behavior: Effects of rate and magnitude of primary reinforcement

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 161-178

  Shahan, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioned reinforcement; Lever press; Observing; Rats; Reinforcement magnitude; Reinforcement rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; OBSERVATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 0036729913     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2002.78-161     Document Type: Article

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