Effects of partial reinforcement and time between reinforced trials on terminal response rate in pigeon autoshaping

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-13

  Gottlieb, Daniel A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic responding; Autoshaping; Conditioning; Inter trial interval; Partial reinforcement; Pigeon

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PROBABILITY; REINFORCEMENT; TIME; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTIVATION; PROBABILITY LEARNING; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

ANIMALIA; COLUMBA;

EID: 32344443329     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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