Choice in a variable environment: Effects of unequal reinforcer distributions

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-204

  Landon, Jason ^a   Davison, Michael ^a   Elliffe, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Choice; Concurrent schedules; Generalized matching; Key peck; Pigeons; Reinforcer sequences; Reinforcer ratio variation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; ENVIRONMENT; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 2142706788     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2003.80-187     Document Type: Article

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