Generality of the matching law as a descriptor of shot selection in basketball

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 595-608

  Alferink, Larry A ^a   Critchfield, Thomas S ^a   Hitt, Jennifer L ^a   Higgins, William J ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Basketball shot selection; Choice; Matching law

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASKETBALL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BASKETBALL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 76549116695     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-595     Document Type: Article

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