Abstract
Rats received positive patterning training in which a serial light-tone compound was reinforced with food and the elements were separately nonreinforced. Conditioned responding of a form characteristic of auditory conditioned stimuli emerged to the tone within the serial compound. Separate presentations of the elements evoked little conditioned behavior. Discrimination performance was better when the light-tone interval was 20 sec than when it was 5 sec. These data suggested that the light acquired a conditional cue or occasion-setting function such that the light signaled when a tone-food relation was in effect. Comparisons with data from previous experiments involving serial feature-positive discriminations indicated that the light’s ability to serve as an occasion setter was relatively independent of its response-evoking capacity.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 159-162 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1982 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- General Chemistry