Reinforcement of variations and repetitions along three independent response dimensions

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 57, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 199-209

  Ross, Christopher ^a   Neuringer, Allen ^a  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrent reinforcement; Humans; Response repetition; Response variability

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 0037188178     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(02)00014-1     Document Type: Article

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