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Effect of signaled reinforcement on response variability

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Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Volume: 119, Issue: 2, Pages: 286 - 299

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Three experiments examined the effect of signaling reinforcement on rats' lever pressing on contingencies that reinforced variable responding to extend the exploration of signaled reinforcement to a schedule that has previously not been examined in this respect. In Experiment 1, rats responding...

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ISSN: 0022-5002 1938-3711
Published: Wiley 2023
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