Effect of unconditioned stimulus magnitude on the emergence of conditioned responding

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 371-385

  Morris, Richard W ^a   Bouton, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetitive conditioning; Aversive conditioning; Change point; Rats; Unconditional stimulus magnitude

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEAD; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEMALE; HEAD; MOVEMENT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

HYLOBATES SP.;

EID: 33750192331     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.32.4.371     Document Type: Article

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