Concurrent performance as bouts of behavior

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 102-125

  Smith, Tracy T ^a   Mclean, Anthony P ^b   Shull, Richard L ^c   Hughes, Christine E ^a   Pitts, Raymond C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bouts of behavior; Changeover delay; Concurrent schedules of reinforcement; Key peck; Log survivor analysis; Pigeon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; TIME;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REWARD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84903753520     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: 19383711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jeab.90     Document Type: Article

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