Within-subject testing of the signaled-reinforcement effect on operant responding as measured by response rate and resistance to change

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-45

  Reed, Phil ^a   Doughty, Adam H ^b,c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Parsons Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Lever press; Rat; Resistance to change; Response strength; Signaled reinforcement

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544274994     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2005.69-02     Document Type: Article

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