Resistance to change varies inversely with reinforcement context

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 343-349

  Grace, Randolph C ^a   Arantes, Joana ^a,c   Berg, Mark E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Behavioral contrast; Behavioral momentum theory; Key peck; Pigeons; Reinforcement context; Resistance to change

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY MASS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MOMENTUM; TESTING METHOD; TOLERANCE; WEIGHT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEEDING; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; REINFORCEMENT; SATIETY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COLOR; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SATIETY RESPONSE;

COLUMBA;

EID: 84861981697     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2012.03.015     Document Type: Article

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