General activity as instrumental: application to avoidance training.
Some data on Sidman avoidance in the pigeon are presented to illustrate a technique of instrumental training which places minimal restriction upon the form of the reinforced response. The effect of a warning signal is demonstrated, and the course of discrimination-reversal is described.
D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning; D010856:Columbidae; D006801:Humans; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology
AVOIDANCE LEARNING; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING