The influence of prior choices on current choice

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-21

  De La Piedad, Xochitl ^a   Fleld, Douglas ^a   Rachlin, Howard ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Key peck; Law of exercise; Pigeons; Sunk cost

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; HABITUATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; PIGEONS AND DOVES; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PROBABILITY LEARNING; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 33645317108     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2006.132-04     Document Type: Review

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