Magnitude of response to compounds of discriminated stimuli.
- 1 January 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Experimental Psychology
- Vol. 52 (6) , 354-359
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0044196
Abstract
The GSR of 32 humans was conditioned differentially to three classes of colored light stimuli by the operation of (1) consistent reinforcement (pairing with electric shock), (2) similar presentation without shock, and (3) non-presentation during training. The magnitudes of response to pairs of stimuli were then observed and evaluated, with the prediction that response magnitudes to combinations would be simple resultants of the response potentials of the components. The response to a compound composed of two reinforced stimuli was found to be significantly greater than the response to any other compound; and the magnitude of reaction to a combination of reinforced and non-trained stimuli was greater than that to the combination of reinforced and non-reinforced stimuli.Keywords
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- Probability of response to compounds of discriminated stimuli.Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1954