Does package size matter? a unit-price analysis of “demand” for food in baboons.

In a study examining “demand” for food, responding of 8 adult male baboons (Papio c. anubis) was maintained under a fixed-ratio schedule of food reinforcement during daily 23-hr experimental sessions. Completion of the ratio requirement resulted in the delivery of one, five, or 10 1-g food pellets....

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Published in:	Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior Vol. 62; pp. 293 - 307
Main Author:	Foltin, Richard W.
Format:	Article
Published:	Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior September 1994
Subjects:	Animal feeding behavior Baboon behavior Reinforcement (Psychology) Psychology Economics
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost