Centrifugal Selection of Signal‐directed Pecking1
Year: 1974
Type: article
Abstract: Pigeons were exposed to a schedule of stimulus-correlated food presentations. When key pecks terminated trial signals and cancelled the delivery of food, pecking was either gradually or rapidly redirected away from the keys, depending on whether the food-omission contingency was introduced from the outset or after exposure to a response-independent baseline. In all cases, the food-omission contingency substantially reduced or eliminated pecking at the keys.
Author: F. J. Barrera
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2166833904