Extinction after partial reinforcement: Predicted vs. judged persistence

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-64

  Svartdal, Frode ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Extinction; Judgment of persistence; Persistence; Prediction of persistence; PREE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; STUDENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS;

EID: 0038281540     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00321     Document Type: Article

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