Interval, blocking, and marking effects during the development of schedule-induced drinking in rats

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 303-314

  Patterson, Angela E ^a   Boakes, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adjunctive behavior; Adventitious reinforcement; Polydipsia; Schedule induced drinking; Superstitious conditioning

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871885491     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027788     Document Type: Article

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