Effects of reinforcement amount on attack induced under a fixed-interval schedule in pigeons

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-110

  Pitts, Raymond C ^a,b   Malagodi, E F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixed interval schedule; Key peck; Pigeons; Reinforcement amount; Schedule induced attack; Schedule induced behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342501928     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1996.65-93     Document Type: Article

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