Saggerson A L, Honey R C
School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Q J Exp Psychol (Hove). 2006 Nov;59(11):1909-20. doi: 10.1080/17470210600705032.
In two experiments, observer rats saw a pretrained demonstrator rat of either the same or a different strain engaging in a discrimination task in which the presentation of a discriminative stimulus indicated whether performing a particular response (pulling a chain) would be reinforced. In both experiments an effect of demonstrator familiarity was found: Observers of a demonstrator from a different strain behaved in a manner that was consistent with the demonstrator whereas observers of a demonstrator from the same strain did not. These results suggest that an effect akin to latent inhibition operates in the social domain: Familiarity with the demonstrator retards the readiness with which observational learning proceeds.
在两项实验中,作为观察者的大鼠看到一只经过预训练的示范大鼠(与观察者为同一品系或不同品系)参与一项辨别任务,在该任务中,辨别刺激的呈现表明执行特定反应(拉链条)是否会得到强化。在两项实验中均发现了示范者熟悉度的影响:来自不同品系的示范者的观察者的行为与示范者一致,而来自同一品系的示范者的观察者则不然。这些结果表明,一种类似于潜伏抑制的效应在社会领域起作用:对示范者的熟悉会阻碍观察性学习的进行。