The transitivity of choices between different response requirements

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 235-249

  Sumpter, Catherine E ^a   Temple, William ^b   Foster, T Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Choice; Door push; Hen; Key peck; Second order schedules; Transitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041782242     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1999.72-235     Document Type: Article

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