Pearce J M, Wilson P N
School of Psychology, University of Wales, College of Cardiff.
J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Process. 1990 Jul;16(3):250-61.
In 4 experiments, Sprague-Dawley rats and homing pigeons received training with an A+ AB0 BC+ discrimination, in which food (+) accompanied trials with A and BC. Food was not presented (0) on trials with the compound AB. Subsequent test trials revealed that responding during C by itself, or the compound ABC, was slower than during either A or BC. Responding during the ABC compound was also found to be slower after training with the A+ AB0 BC+ than an A0 AB+ BC+ discrimination. We argue that these findings demonstrate the importance of configural associations in discrimination learning. Two accounts for the way in which these associations exert their influence are considered.
在4项实验中，斯普拉格-道利大鼠和信鸽接受了A+ AB0 BC+辨别训练，其中食物（+）伴随A和BC的试验出现。在AB组合的试验中不呈现食物（0）。随后的测试试验表明，单独呈现C或ABC组合时的反应比A或BC试验时要慢。还发现，与A0 AB+ BC+辨别训练相比，在A+ AB0 BC+训练后，ABC组合的反应也较慢。我们认为，这些发现证明了构型联想在辨别学习中的重要性。同时考虑了两种关于这些联想发挥影响方式的解释。
