Effects of Schedule of Reinforcement on Over-Selectivity

Autor/inn/en	Reynolds, Gemma; Reed, Phil
Titel	Effects of Schedule of Reinforcement on Over-Selectivity
Quelle	In: Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 32 (2011) 6, S.2489-2501 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0891-4222
DOI	10.1016/j.ridd.2011.07.011
Schlagwörter	Reinforcement; Stimuli; Experiments; Training; Comparative Analysis; Behavior; Environment; Discrimination Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Positive Verstärkung; Anreizsystem; Erprobung; Ausbildung; Umwelt; Lernen; Lernprozess
Abstract	Stimulus over-selectivity refers to behavior being controlled by one element of the environment at the expense of other equally salient aspects of the environment. Four experiments trained and tested non-clinical participants on a two-component trial-and-error discrimination task to explore the effects of different training regimes on over-selectivity. Experiments 1 and 2 revealed no differentiation between partial reinforcement (PR) and continuous reinforcement (CRF) on over-selectivity. Experiments 3 and 4 both found that a change in reinforcement (from CRF to PR in Experiment 3, and from PR to CRF in Experiment 4) did not reduce levels of over-selectivity, but rather continuing training with the same contingency (either CRF or PR) did reduce over-selectivity. The results support assumptions made by the comparator hypothesis, extending the growing body of literature explaining over-selectivity as a post-acquisition, rather than attention, failure. (Contains 7 figures.) (As Provided).
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