Similarity and discrimination learning

Redhead, Edward S. and Pearce, John M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6121-8650 1995. Similarity and discrimination learning. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. B: Comparative and Physiological Psychology 48 (1) , pp. 46-66. 10.1080/14640749508401436

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Abstract

The role played by similarity in discrimination learning was examined in four experiments using compound stimuli. In Experiment 1, pigeons received training in which food was presented after stimulus A, compound AB, but not compound ABC—A+ BC+ ABCo. The A+ ABCo discrimination was acquired more readily than was the BC+ ABCo discrimination. In the remaining experiments, training was of the form, A+ B+ C+ AB+ AC+ BC+ ABCo. The discrimination between the single stimuli A+ B+ C+ and ABCo consistently developed more readily than between the pairs of stimuli AB+ AC+ BC+, and ABCo. The results are shown to be more consistent with a configural than with an elemental 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/34434

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