Effects of repetition frequency on operant strength and resurgence of non-criterial features of operants;Efectos de la frecuencia de repetición sobre la fuerza operante y el resurgimiento de las características discrecionales de las operantes

Revista Mexicana de Analisis de la Conducta

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 63-83

  Mechner, Francis ^a   Jones, Laurilyn D ^a,b  

^a The Mechner Foundation   (United States)

^b OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Criterial and noncriterial features; History variables; Performance mistakes; Practice effects; Repetition frequency; Resurgence; Revealed operant; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940733052     PISSN: 01854534     EISSN: 20070802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5514/rmac.v41.i2.63729     Document Type: Article

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