Measuring resistance to change at the within-session level

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-121

  Tonneau, François ^a,b   Ríos, Américo ^a   Cabrera, Felipe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b Calle Hospital 320   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Absolute rates; Lever press; Rats; Relative rates; Resistance to change; Within session patterns

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DRINKING; HABITUATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SATIETY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DRINKING; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SATIATION;

EID: 33746253636     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2006.74-05     Document Type: Article

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