Resistance to extinction and relapse in combined stimulus contexts

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 169-189

  Podlesnik, Christopher A ^a   Bai, John Y H ^a   Elliffe, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Behavioral momentum theory; Compound stimuli; Concurrent schedules; Extinction; Key peck; Pigeon; Resistance to change

Indexed keywords

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

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

EID: 84873494068     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2012.98-169     Document Type: Article

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