Fractional anticipatory goal responses as cues in discrimination learning.

1 February 1973

journal article
Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Experimental Psychology

Vol. 97 (2) , 177-181
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0033932

Abstract

Gave 60 male Wistar rats discrimination training following 1 of 6 prediscrimination treatments: (a) exploration of a neutral gray alley, (b) partial reinforcement (PRF) in the neutral alley, (c) continuous reinforcement (CRF) in the neutral alley, (d) exploration of the future discriminanda alleys, (e) PRF in the discriminanda alleys, or (f) CRF in the discriminanda alleys. Discrimination learning was fastest in the CRF groups, 2nd in the exploration groups, and slowest in the PRF groups, with no difference between the neutral-alley and discriminanda-alley conditions. Results support the hypothesis that anticipatory goal responses function as discriminative cues. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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