Do conditional reinforcers count?

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 269-283

  Davison, Michael ^a   Baum, William M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Concurrent schedules; Conditional reinforcement; Pecking; Pigeons; Preference pulses; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEEDING BEHAVIOR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 33845486178     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2006.56-05     Document Type: Article

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