The effects of using stimuli from three different dimensions on autoshaping with a complex negative patterning discrimination

Pearce, John Martindale ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6121-8650 and George, David Noel 2002. The effects of using stimuli from three different dimensions on autoshaping with a complex negative patterning discrimination. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. B: Comparative and Physiological Psychology 55 (4) , pp. 349-364. 10.1080/02724990244000061

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Abstract

In two experiments pigeons received a complex negative patterning discrimination, using autoshaping, in which food was made available after three stimuli if they were presented alone (A, B, C), or in pairs (AB, AC, BC), but not when they were all presented together (ABC). Subjects also received a positive patterning discrimination in which three additional stimuli were not followed by food when presented alone (D, E, F), or in pairs (DE, DF, EF), but they were followed by food when presented together (DEF). Stimuli A and D belonged to one dimension, B and E to a second dimension, and D and F to a third dimension. For both problems, the discrimination between the individual stimuli and the triple-element compounds developed more readily than that between the pairs of stimuli and the triple-element compound. The results are consistent with predictions that can be derived from a configural theory of conditioning.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Publisher:	Psychology Press
ISSN:	0272-4995
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 08:48
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/34413

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