The effect of using differential end boxes in a simple T-maze learning situation.
- 1 January 1948
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Experimental Psychology
- Vol. 38 (3) , 245-249
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0057592
Abstract
The hypothesis was tested that learning will be faster in a T-maze when the end boxes are different than when they are similar. The apparatus used was a new type T-maze in which it is possible to control intra- and extra-maze cues. With 4 trials per day, the number of trials to the correct and incorrect side was equalized for each day. The learning record of 20 rats run with like end boxes was compared, over a period of 7 days, with that of 20 rats run with unlike end boxes. Under these conditions the learning was significantly faster when differential end boxes were employed (t=4.3). The results were interpreted in terms of secondary reinforcement.Keywords
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