Effects of high, low, and thinning rates of alternative reinforcement on response elimination and resurgence

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 102-116

  Sweeney, Mary M ^a   Shahan, Timothy A ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative reinforcement; Behavioral momentum theory; Extinction; Relapse; Resistance to change; Resurgence; Thinning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881632841     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: 19383711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jeab.26     Document Type: Article

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