Associative Symmetry in the Pigeon after Successive Matching-to-Sample Training

Autor/inn/en	Frank, Andrea J.; Wasserman, Edward A.
Titel	Associative Symmetry in the Pigeon after Successive Matching-to-Sample Training
Quelle	In: Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 84 (2005) 2, S.147-165 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-5002
Schlagwörter	Evidence; Testing; Animals; Stimuli; Training; Associative Learning; Visual Stimuli; Comparative Analysis; Experiments + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Testdurchführung; Testen; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Anreizsystem; Ausbildung; Erprobung
Abstract	If an organism is explicitly taught an A[arrow right]B association, then might it also spontaneously learn the symmetrical B[arrow right]A association? Little evidence attests to such "associative symmetry" in nonhuman animals. We report for the first time a clear case of associative symmetry in the pigeon. Experiment 1 used a successive go/no go matching-to-sample procedure, which showed all of the training and testing stimuli in one location and that intermixed arbitrary and identity matching trials. We found symmetrical responding that was as robust during testing (B[arrow right]A) as during training (A[arrow right]B). In Experiment 2, we trained different pigeons using only arbitrary matching trials before symmetry testing. No symmetrical responding was found. In Experiment 3, we trained other pigeons with only arbitrary matching trials and then tested for symmetry. When these pigeons, too, did not exhibit symmetrical responding, we retrained them with intermixed identity and arbitrary matching trials. Less robust symmetrical responding was obtained here than in Experiment 1. Collectively, these results suggest that identity matching may have to be learned concurrently with arbitrary matching from the outset of training for symmetry to emerge. (Contains 4 tables, 3 figures and 2 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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