IS PECKING AVERSIVE TO A PIGEON OR IS IT ONLY THE DELAY TO REINFORCEMENT?
The principle of least effort suggests that animals should minimize effort to reinforcement. Thus, not pecking should be preferred over pecking. However, pigeons often peck when it is allowed but not required (e.g., fixed time schedules) but pecking may be adventitiously reinforced. In the present e...
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UKnowledge
2018
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| Online Access: | https://uknowledge.uky.edu/psychology_etds/137 https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1138&context=psychology_etds |