Within-session rates of responding when reinforcer magnitude is changed within the session

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-17

  Weatherly, Jeffrey N ^a   McSweeney, Frances K ^b   Swindell, Samantha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lever press; Rat; Reinforcement; Within session responding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 1342303710     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GENP.131.1.5-17     Document Type: Article

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