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Auto-shaping of the pigeon's key-peck.

P. L. Brown, H. M. Jenkins

1968JOURNAL OF THE EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR

DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1968.11-1

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Reliable acquisition of the pigeon's key-peck response resulted from repeated unconditional (response-independent) presentations of food after the response key was illuminated momentarily.

Abstract

Reliable acquistion of the pigeon's key‐peck response resulted from repeated unconditional (response‐independent) presentations of food after the response key was illuminated momentarily. Comparison groups showed that acquisition was dependent upon light—food pairings, in that order.

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BROWN, P. L.; JENKINS, H. M. Auto-shaping of the pigeon's key-peck. JOURNAL OF THE EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR, 1968, 11 1: 1–8.