Transfer of oddity-from-sample performance in the pigeon to novel stimulus locations
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Title
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Transfer of oddity-from-sample performance in the pigeon to novel stimulus locations
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:c6854a36bd1e:10604
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identifier
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10764
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Creator
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Isaakov, Zaur J.,
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Contributor
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Robert N. Lanson
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Date
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2010
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Behavioral sciences | conditional discrimination | multiple-rule-model | oddity-from-sample | pigeon | stimulus location | transfer test
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Abstract
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The study examined the role of stimulus location in oddity-from-sample conditional discrimination in the pigeon. A three-key discrimination procedure with vertical and horizontal lines was used. The two phases of the experiment were carried out using two groups of four pigeons. One group was trained with the sample stimulus always appearing on the center key. After a response to the sample stimulus, two comparison stimuli were presented on the remaining two keys. The second group was trained with the sample presented on one of the side keys. After a peck to the sample key, the comparisons were presented on the remaining two keys. Following acquisition of oddity, the procedures were reversed between the two groups. The birds' performance was analyzed in terms of both multiple-rule and single-rule models of conditional discrimination. The results show that oddity-from-sample conditional discrimination is best described in terms of specific, sample-comparison associations, where the location of the stimuli must be specified.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
