A Replication and Extension of the Antisymmetry Effect in Pigeons

Autor/inn/en	Urcuioli, Peter J.; Swisher, Melissa
Titel	A Replication and Extension of the Antisymmetry Effect in Pigeons
Quelle	In: Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 98 (2012) 3, S.283-293 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-5002
Schlagwörter	Animals; Animal Behavior; Experiments; Stimuli; Reinforcement; Reaction Time; Intervals; Predictor Variables + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Animal; Tier; Tiere; Tierverhalten; Erprobung; Anreizsystem; Positive Verstärkung; Reaktionsvermögen; Prädiktor
Abstract	Pigeons trained on successive AB symbolic matching show emergent BA antisymmetry if they are also trained on successive AA oddity and BB identity (Urcuioli, 2008, Experiment 4). In other words, when tested on BA probe trials following training, they respond more to the comparisons on the reverse of the nonreinforced AB baseline trials than on the reverse of the reinforced AB baseline trials (the opposite of an associative symmetry pattern). The present experiment replicated this finding. In addition, it showed that antisymmetry also emerged after baseline training on successive AB symbolic matching, AA identity, and BB oddity, consistent with the prediction from Urcuioli's (2008) theory of pigeons' stimulus-class formation. Together, these results provided further empirical support for that theory including the proposition that the functional stimuli in pigeons' successive matching consist of the nominal stimuli plus their ordinal positions within a trial. (Contains 1 table and 8 figures.) (As Provided).
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