The Production of Voluntary Response Gradients of Stimulus Generalization in the Absence of Reinforced Discrimination Learning

Author

Donald T. Tosti

Publication Date

8-17-1961

Abstract

The experiments reported in this paper were performed to test the hypothesis that stimulus generalization with voluntary responses can be shown in the absence of reinforced stimulus discrimination. There are two important distinctions which together differentiate these experiments from most of the previous studies in this area.

First, the methods utilized here require no discrimination between stimuli during acquisition of the response; i.e., S does not discriminate between the CS and test stimuli during acquisition. In contrast, the majority of studies of stimulus generalization with human S's employing voluntary responses have contained this problem, which is not present in studies of stimulus generalization with involuntary responses.

Degree Name

Psychology

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Psychology

First Committee Member (Chair)

Henry Carleton Ellis

Second Committee Member

George Maxwell Peterson

Third Committee Member

Robert Marion Morgan

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Recommended Citation

Tosti, Donald T.. "The Production of Voluntary Response Gradients of Stimulus Generalization in the Absence of Reinforced Discrimination Learning." (1961). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/psy_etds/243