Charles C. Perkins

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Charles C. Perkins is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles C. Perkins has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 5 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 5 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Charles C. Perkins's work include Behavioral and Psychological Studies (14 papers), Animal Nutrition and Physiology (5 papers) and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (4 papers). Charles C. Perkins is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral and Psychological Studies (14 papers), Animal Nutrition and Physiology (5 papers) and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (4 papers). Charles C. Perkins collaborates with scholars based in United States. Charles C. Perkins's co-authors include H. S. Terrace, John Gibbon, Donald J. Levis, Michael D. Zeiler, Peter Harzem, Allan M. Leventhal, Wayne A. Hershberger, Stephen Sulzbacher and David F. Berger and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Review, Behavioral and Brain Sciences and The American Journal of Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Charles C. Perkins

28 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Autoshaping and Conditioning Theory 1982 2026 1996 2011 1982 200 400 600
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Autoshaping and Conditioning Theory
    1982 723 citations Charles C. Perkins, H. S. Terrace et al. The American Journal of Psychology profile →

Peers

Charles C. Perkins
Harry I. Kalish United States
James A. Dinsmoor United States
W. N. Schoenfeld United States
D. F. Hake United States
Harry Fowler United States
Frank A. Logan United States
M. R. D’Amato United States
M.S. Halliday United Kingdom
Alan Baron United States
Donald M. Wilkie Canada
Harry I. Kalish United States
Charles C. Perkins
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Perkins, Charles C., et al.. (2000). Ground Roll Attenuation. 10 indexed citations
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Perkins, Charles C., et al.. (1985). Stimulus duration and conditioned reinforcing value measured by a learning-tests procedure. Animal Learning & Behavior. 13(1). 18–24. 2 indexed citations
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Perkins, Charles C., et al.. (1982). Autoshaping and Conditioning Theory. The American Journal of Psychology. 95(1). 178–178. 723 indexed citations breakdown →
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Perkins, Charles C., et al.. (1982). IMMEDIATE REINFORCEMENT IN DELAYED REWARD LEARNING IN PIGEONS. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 38(2). 169–179. 21 indexed citations
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Perkins, Charles C., et al.. (1977). Punishment of nonspecific responses: Does the negative half of the law of effect apply?. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society. 9(1). 14–16. 1 indexed citations
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Perkins, Charles C., et al.. (1975). SOME VARIABLES AFFECTING RATE OF KEY PECKING DURING RESPONSE‐INDEPENDENT PROCEDURES (AUTOSHAPING)1. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 24(1). 59–72. 48 indexed citations
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Perkins, Charles C., et al.. (1974). THE ROLE OF AUTOPECKING IN BEHAVIORAL CONTRAST1. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 21(1). 145–150. 31 indexed citations
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Perkins, Charles C.. (1970). Proportion of large-reward trials and within-subject reward magnitude effects.. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 70(1, Pt.1). 170–172. 6 indexed citations
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Perkins, Charles C., et al.. (1966). Factors affecting preference for signal-shock over shock-signal.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 72(2). 190–196. 102 indexed citations
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Levis, Donald J. & Charles C. Perkins. (1965). Acquisition of Observing Responses (Ro) with Water Reward. Psychological Reports. 16(1). 114–114. 12 indexed citations
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Perkins, Charles C., et al.. (1965). Conditions affecting acquisition of observing responses in the absence of differential reward.. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 60(3). 435–437. 20 indexed citations
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Perkins, Charles C., et al.. (1963). Preference for Signal-Shock vs Shock-Signal. Psychological Reports. 13(3). 735–738. 46 indexed citations
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Perkins, Charles C., et al.. (1960). A time variable in the acquisition of observing responses.. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 53(2). 180–182. 44 indexed citations
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Leventhal, Allan M., et al.. (1959). The relation between mean reward and mean reinforcement.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 57(5). 284–287. 38 indexed citations
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Perkins, Charles C., et al.. (1959). Immediate vs. delayed shock in T-maze performance.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 58(5). 357–362. 38 indexed citations
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Perkins, Charles C., et al.. (1958). The interval between training and test trials as a determiner of the slope of generalization gradients.. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 51(5). 596–600. 97 indexed citations
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Perkins, Charles C., et al.. (1957). Strength of secondary reinforcement as a determiner of the effects of duration of goal response on learning.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 53(2). 106–112. 18 indexed citations
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Perkins, Charles C., et al.. (1955). Stimulus generalization following different methods of training.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 49(6). 423–427. 26 indexed citations
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Perkins, Charles C., et al.. (1954). Conditioned stimulus intensity and response speed.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 47(6). 437–441. 7 indexed citations
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Perkins, Charles C.. (1953). The relation between conditioned stimulus intensity and response strength.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 46(4). 225–231. 84 indexed citations

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