Resistance to change and relapse of observing

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 281-304

  Thrailkill, Eric A ^a   Shahan, Timothy A ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attending; Behavioral momentum; Conditioned reinforcement; Observing; Pigeon; Reinstatement; Relapse; Renewal; Resurgence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 84864510298     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2012.97-281     Document Type: Article

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