Psychology of Learning and MotivationAcademic Press, 1989 M03 1 - 370 pages Psychology of Learning and Motivation |
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... choice. Yet, clearly, the pigeon is in some sense foraging while the crab and the redshank are experiencing what could be described as reinforcement schedules. One might well ask, then, what studies of foraging and studies of food ...
... choice. Yet, clearly, the pigeon is in some sense foraging while the crab and the redshank are experiencing what could be described as reinforcement schedules. One might well ask, then, what studies of foraging and studies of food ...
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... choice, or vice versa. That the two are nevertheless intimately related has been argued most carefully by Lea (1981, 1982; see also Baum, 1982b, 1983; Collier & Rovee-Collier, 1981; Kamil, 1983; Kamil & Yoerg, 1982; Staddon, 1980, 1983) ...
... choice, or vice versa. That the two are nevertheless intimately related has been argued most carefully by Lea (1981, 1982; see also Baum, 1982b, 1983; Collier & Rovee-Collier, 1981; Kamil, 1983; Kamil & Yoerg, 1982; Staddon, 1980, 1983) ...
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... choice are complementary, not alternative, accounts of behavior. Optimality models answer the question, What should animals do? Psychological explanations answer the question, How do animals do it? The distinction is essentially that ...
... choice are complementary, not alternative, accounts of behavior. Optimality models answer the question, What should animals do? Psychological explanations answer the question, How do animals do it? The distinction is essentially that ...
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... choice between two prey types: below a threshold abundance of the more profitable type the predator should be unselective; above the threshold, it should take only the more profitable prey. The behavior of real predators is accounted ...
... choice between two prey types: below a threshold abundance of the more profitable type the predator should be unselective; above the threshold, it should take only the more profitable prey. The behavior of real predators is accounted ...
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... choice, Krebs, Erichsen, Webber, and Charnov (1977) trained great tits to take pieces of mealworm from a conveyor belt. The profitability of the “prey” was varied by varying their size and attaching a small piece of sticky tape to some ...
... choice, Krebs, Erichsen, Webber, and Charnov (1977) trained great tits to take pieces of mealworm from a conveyor belt. The profitability of the “prey” was varied by varying their size and attaching a small piece of sticky tape to some ...
Contents
1 | |
A Response Rule For The Expression Of Associations | 51 |
Reinforcement Behavioral Stereotypy And Problem Solving | 93 |
Memory Performance And Phenomenological Appearance | 139 |
A Review And A New View | 193 |
Chapter 6 Strategic Control Of Retrieval Strategies | 227 |
Chapter 7 Alternative Representations | 261 |
Chapter 8 Evidence For Relational Selectivity In The Interpretation Of Analogy And Metaphor | 307 |
Index | 359 |
Contents of Recent Volumes | 369 |
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