Effects of overtraining and two non-correction training procedures upon a brightness discrimination reversal

Paul, Coleman

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“…In those cases where data are available, all successful demonstrations of the ORE have in fact used a relatively large reward. This includes, in addition to experiments mentioned in earlier reviews (see Mackintosh, 1965a), such recent studies as Maiidler (1968), Paul (1966), andSiegel (1967). The smallest reward specified in a successful experiment is 5-sec.…”

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“…The earlier evidence was reviewed by Mackintosh (1965a); since then many more studies have shown the same general trend. Mandler (1968), Paul (1966), andSiegel (1967) all obtained an ORE using a large reward and all found that overtraining produced more initial errors. Eimas (1967), Mandler (1966, and Paul and Havlena (1965) all failed to find an ORE using a small reward; but again they all found that overtraining increased resistance to extinction.…”

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Further analysis of the overtraining reversal effect.

Mackintosh¹

1969

Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology

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An analysis of previous studies of overtraining and reversal learning in rats suggests that overtraining has only facilitated reversal when the discrimination has been a relatively difficult one and the reward used has been relatively large. The results of three experiments support this conclusion. In the first, overtraining had no significant effect on the reversal of an easy position problem, whether a small or a large reward was used; while in the second, using the same procedures and large reward, overtraining facilitated reversal of a visual problem. In the third experiment, rats were trained on an easy or on a hard visual problem with either a small or large reward; only /Ss trained on the hard problem with the large reward reversed faster after overtraining. A two-stage attentional model is better able to explain these results than are either frustration theory or a combination of attention and frustration theories.

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Further analysis of the overtraining reversal effect.

Mackintosh¹

1969

Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology

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“…These fall into two general categories called correction and noncorrection training procedures. However, even within these general categories, there have been procedural differences which lead to behavioral effects (Paul, 1966;Robbins, 1969).…”

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Training Procedures and Task Difficulty in Brightness and Position Discriminations by Rats

Allison

1972

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This research concerned training procedures (correction vs noncorrecdon), type of discrimination task (position vs brightness), and task difficulty in two 2 x 3 experiments using rats in single-unit mazes. An interaction was found berween type of uaining procedure and task difficulry for the brightness task, with noncorrection Ss requiring relatively fewer trials to reach a criterion than correction Ss as the task became more difficult. A scatistically insignificant interaaion was found for the posiaon task.

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Mechanisms of Animal Discrimination Learning

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Effects of overtraining and two non-correction training procedures upon a brightness discrimination reversal

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Further analysis of the overtraining reversal effect.

Further analysis of the overtraining reversal effect.

Training Procedures and Task Difficulty in Brightness and Position Discriminations by Rats

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