The Effect of an Irrelevant Relation on Discriminative Learning

Proportional reinforcement of irrelevant stimuli and transfer value.

“…He speaks of the .S' s as learning what is later evidenced as "perceptual biases." In this analysis which is based upon 1 The present study is a portion of a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of I he requirements for the Ph.D. degree at 'Hie Ohio State University, '['he writer is indebted to Dr. Delos I). Wickens, who directed Ihe investigation.…”

O aprendizado sobre a (ir)relevância dos estímulos

“…Contudo, mesmo havendo situações deste tipo Po=1, onde se garante o contato com estímulos, a extensão do período pressolução pode vir a ser afetada pelo número e pela função passada destes estímulos (cf. Dopson, Esber & Pearce, 2010;Elam & Bitterman, 1953;George & Pearce, 1999;Hammer, 1955;Lawrence, 1949Lawrence, , 1950Mackintosh, 1965Mackintosh, , 1973Mackintosh, , 1974Mackintosh, , 1975Pearce, Esber, George & Haselgrove, 2008;Trobalon, Miguelez, McLaren & Mackintosh, 2003;Wortz & Bittermann, 1954;Wagner, Logan, Haberlandt & Price, 1968), ou por pequenas mudanças na localização e propriedades físicas dos estímulos (cf. Bitterman & Coate, 1950;Ehrenfreud, 1948;Jeeves & North, 1956).…”

“…Estes estímulos são referidos como estímulos incidentais (cf Dinsmoor, 1985;. Hull, 1950) ou, mais comumente, como estímulos irrelevantes (cf Carlin, Soraci & Strawbridge, 2003;Dinsmoor, 1985;Dopson, Esber & Pearce, 2010;Elam & Bitterman, 1953;George & Pearce, 1999;. Hall, 1976;Hammer, 1955;Krechevsky, 1932Krechevsky, , 1938Lawrence, 1949Lawrence, , 1950Loess & Duncan, 1952;Mackintosh, 1965Mackintosh, , 1973Mackintosh, , 1974Mackintosh, , 1975Pearce, Esber, George & Haselgrove, 2008;Serna & Carlin, 2001; Spencer, 1936 Spencer, , 1940 Spencer, , 1945Trobalon, Miguelez, McLaren & Mackintosh, 2003;Wortz & Bittermann, 1954;Wagner, Logan, Haberlandt & Price, 1968;Wyckoff, 1952;Zeaman & Denegre, 1967).…”