Elicitation theory: I. An analysis of two typical learning situations.

Motivational properties of frustration: I. Effect on a running response of the addition of frustration to the motivational complex.

Abram Amsel, Jacqueline Roussel · Journal of Experimental Psychology · 1952 · 460 citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +6

Acquired distinctiveness of cues: I. Transfer between discriminations on the basis of familiarity with the stimulus.

Douglas H. Lawrence · Journal of Experimental Psychology · 1949 · 287 citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +12

The Pavlovian theory of generalization.

K. S. Lashley, Matthew Wade · Psychological Review · 1946 · 249 citations

Public Health, Behavioral Sciences, Physics +6

Reward value of a non-nutritive sweet taste.

Fred D. Sheffield, Thorton B. Roby · Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology · 1950 · 209 citations

Life Sciences, Food Science, Nutritional Sciences +13

Reward value of copulation without sex drive reduction.

Fred D. Sheffield, J. Wulff, Robert Backer · Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology · 1951 · 144 citations

Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +11