The Effect of Associative Factors on Generalization Gradients in Shape Recognition

Author

Robert L. Feuge

Publication Date

5-10-1967

Abstract

It is generally observed that positive transfer will ensue from an A-B, A-C paradigm, provided the responses, B and C, are sufficiently different so as to minimize interlist confusion (Arnoult, 1957; Ellis, 1965). This paradigm, known as the "stimulus predifferentiation paradigm", produces positive transfer presumably because pretraining on relevant stimuli (A) differentiates the stimuli, making them less "confusing" or more "distinctive". This enhanced distinctiveness increases the ease with which new responses may be attached to the stimuli.

Degree Name

Psychology

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Psychology

First Committee Member (Chair)

Henry Carleton Ellis

Second Committee Member

Peder Jack Johnson

Third Committee Member

Frank Anderson Logan

Fourth Committee Member

Stanley E. Newman

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Recommended Citation

Feuge, Robert L.. "The Effect of Associative Factors on Generalization Gradients in Shape Recognition." (1967). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/psy_etds/371