Publications [#288109] of John E. Staddon
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- Staddon, JE; Zhang, Y, Response selection in operant learning.,
Behavioural processes, vol. 20 no. 1-3
(December, 1989),
pp. 189-197 [Gateway.cgi], [doi] .
(last updated on 2025/03/09)Abstract:
We show that simple, contiguity-based, nonassociative response-selection process provides a qualitative account for both anomalous and nonanomalous properties of operant conditioning. The process can easily be extended to permit associative effects; it may therefore represent the initial processing stage for all conditioning in higher vertebrates.