Transfer of Avoidance Responding to a Sensory Preconditioned Cue: Evidence for the Role of S-S and R-S Knowledge in Avoidance Learning

Autor/inn/en	Declercq, Mieke; De Houwer, Jan
Titel	Transfer of Avoidance Responding to a Sensory Preconditioned Cue: Evidence for the Role of S-S and R-S Knowledge in Avoidance Learning
Quelle	In: Learning and Motivation, 40 (2009) 2, S.197-208 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0023-9690
DOI	10.1016/j.lmot.2008.11.003
Schlagwörter	Responses; Conditioning; Sensory Training; Cognitive Structures; Expectation; Stimuli + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sensorische Erziehung; Cognitive structure; Kognitive Struktur; Expectancy; Erwartung; Anreizsystem
Abstract	In avoidance learning studies, a warning signal (Sd) is directly paired with an aversive unconditioned stimulus (US) unless a particular response is performed. Research by Augustson and Dougher (1997) demonstrated that not only warning signals but also stimuli that are indirectly paired with the aversive event are capable of affecting the avoidance response. In the present study, we extended these results by incorporating a sensory preconditioning paradigm in an avoidance learning procedure. Sensory preconditioning training influenced the selection of avoidance responses in the presence of warning signals that were never paired directly with the aversive events. Moreover, results suggest that the selection of the avoidance responses was based on an integration of knowledge about the relation between the Sd and the US (S-S knowledge) and knowledge about the relation between the avoidance response and the US (R-S knowledge). As the expectancy-based theory of Lovibond (2006) is the only theory of avoidance that incorporates both knowledge structures, the results provide unique support for this theory. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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