Every reinforcer counts: Reinforcer magnitude and local preference

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-129

  Davison, Michael ^a   Baum, William M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Auckland ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Generalized matching; Local analyses; Pecking; Pigeons; Preference pulses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; LEARNING; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 1542576241     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2003.80-95     Document Type: Article

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