Rapid acquisition in concurrent chains: Evidence for a decision model

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-202

  Grace, Randolph C ^a   Mclean, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Categorical discrimination; Choice; Concurrent chains; Conditioned reinforcement value; Generalized matching; Key peck; Pigeons; Rapid acquisition procedure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33746541926     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2006.72-04     Document Type: Article

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