Some tests of response membership in acquired equivalence classes

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-107

  Urcuioli, Peter J ^a,c   Lionello Denolf, Karen ^b   Michalek, Sarah ^a   Vasconcelos, Marco ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired equivalence; Differential sample responding; Key peck; Pigeons; Response membership; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COLOR VISION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLUMBIDAE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33746189363     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2006.52-05     Document Type: Article

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