Transfer of specific contextual functions to novel conditional discriminations

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 395-408

  Pérez González, Luis Antonio ^a,c   Serna, Richard W ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c E K Shriver Center ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Children; Conditional discriminations; Contextual control; Stimulus equivalence; Stimulus relations; Transfer of functions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONDITIONING; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REINFORCEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0642305434     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2003.79-395     Document Type: Article

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