ERRORLESS LEARNING OF A CONDITIONAL TEMPORAL DISCRIMINATION

作者：Arantes Joana^*; Machado Armando

来源：Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2011, 95(1): 1-20.

DOI：10.1901/jeab.2011.95-1

• errorless
• fading
• timing
• conditional discrimination
• key peck
• pigeons

In the present study we extended errorless learning to a conditional temporal discrimination. Pigeons' responses to a left red key after a 2-s sample and to a right green key after a 10-s sample were reinforced. There were two groups: One learned the discrimination through trial and error and the other through an errorless learning procedure. Then, both groups were presented with three types of tests. First, they were exposed to intermediate durations between 2 s and 10 s, and given a choice between both keys (stimulus generalization test). Second, a delay from 1 s to 16 s was included between the offset of the sample and the onset of the choice keys (delay test). Finally, pigeons learned a new discrimination in which the stimuli were switched (reversal test). Results showed that pigeons from the Errorless group made significantly fewer errors than those in the Trial-and-Error group. Both groups performed similarly during the stimulus generalization test and the reversal test, but results of the delay test suggested that, on long stimulus trials, responding in the errorless training group was less disrupted by delays.

• 出版日期2011-1