Motivating operations affect stimulus control: A largely overlooked phenomenon in discrimination learning

Behavior Analyst

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-100

  Lotfizadeh, Amin D ^a   Edwards, Timothy L ^a   Redner, Ryan ^a   Poling, Alan ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Motivating operations; Motivation; Stimulus control; Stimulus generalization

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; MOTIVATION; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION; WATER DEPRIVATION;

EID: 84863484729     PISSN: 07386729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03392268     Document Type: Article

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