Some Relations between Stimulus Discrimination and Response Differentiation.

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Abstract:

The present experiment was undertaken in order to examine the effects of the operation of selective reinforcement upon stimulus discrimination and response differentiation. The independent variable was the amount of disparity between the positive and negative stimuli Method of Contrasts during a series of brightness discriminations. The dependent variables consisted of the measurement of response rate and response force of the bar-pressing response. Author

Author(s):
Block, Arthur Harvey
Author Organization(s):
PRINCETON UNIV N J
Descriptive Note:
Doctoral thesis,
Pagination:
0064

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Contract/Grant Number(s):
Nonr-1858(19)
 Subject Terms
Communities of Interest:
No COI(s) Identified
Descriptor(s):
(*CONDITIONED RESPONSE, REACTION(PSYCHOLOGY)), FORCE(MECHANICS), PERCEPTION(PSYCHOLOGY), ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE, THESES
Field(s)/Group(s):
Psychology
Keyword(s):
*REINFORCEMENT(PSYCHOLOGY), STIMULUS(PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY)
Report Date:
1960 May 01