Are preference and resistance to change convergent expressions of stimulus value?

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-48

  Podlesnik, Christopher A ^a   Jimenez Gomez, Corina ^a   Shahan, Timothy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral momentum theory; Concurrent schedules; Keypeck; Pigeon; Preference; Resistance to change; Stimulus value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881635025     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: 19383711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jeab.33     Document Type: Article

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