Experiments in operant behavior /

Reese, Ellen P.

Experiments in operant behavior / Ellen P. Reese - New York : Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1964. - xxiv, 209 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. - Century psychology series . - Century psychology series (Appleton-Century-Crofts, inc.) .

Includes bibliographical references and index

Preface -- Note to the instructor -- Suggested time table for experimentation -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Introduction -- The pigeon as a laboratory animal -- Apparatus and equipment -- Use of manual with rats as subjects -- Preparation for experimentation -- Original conditioning and extinction -- Intermittent reinforcement on a fixed interval schedule -- Intermittent reinforcement on a fixed ratio schedule -- Reinforcement on a variable ratio schedule -- Report on four schedules of reinforcement -- Other schedules of reinforcement -- Generalization gradiant -- Discrimination -- Motivation -- Food preferences and subhungers -- Conditioning another operant -- Conditioned, or secondary, reinforcement -- Chaining -- Suggestions for further experiments, individual projects -- Operant conditioning experiments with children as subjects -- Glossary

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Psychophysiology--Laboratory manuals
Psychology, Experimental
Psychology --Experiments

BF79 / .R4 1964

153.1526/ / REE
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