Effects of varying sample- and choice-stimulus disparity on symbolic matching-to-sample performance

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 311-326

  Godfrey, Rebecca ^a   Davison, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Detection; Key peck; Matching to sample; Parameter invariance; Pigeons; Response reinforcer discriminability; Stimulus discriminability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040761359     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1998.69-311     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Alsop, B. (1991). Behavioral models of signal detection and detection models of choice. In M. L. Commons, J. A. Nevin, & M. C. Davison (Eds.), Signal detection: Mechanisms, models, and applications (pp. 39-55). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
2. Alsop, B., & Davison, M. (1991). Effects of varying stimulus disparity and the reinforcer ratio in concurrent-schedule and signal-detection procedures. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 56, 67-80.
3. Baum, W. M. (1974). On two types of deviation from the matching law: Bias and undermatching. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 22, 231-242.
4. Brown, P. L., & Jenkins, H. M. (1968). Auto-shaping of the pigeon's key-peck. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 11, 1-8.
5. Davison, M. (1991). Stimulus discriminability, contingency discriminability, and complex stimulus control. In M. L. Commons, J. A. Nevin, & M. C. Davison (Eds.), Signal detection: Mechanisms, models, and applications (pp. 57-78). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
6. Davison, M., & Jenkins, P. E. (1985). Stimulus discriminability, contingency discriminability, and schedule performance. Animal Learning & Behavior, 13, 77-84.
7. Davison, M., & McCarthy, D. (1987). The interaction of stimulus and reinforcer control in complex temporal discrimination. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 48, 97-116.
8. Davison, M., & McCarthy, D. (1989). Effects of relative reinforcer frequency on complex color detection. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 51, 291-315.
9. Davison, M. C., & Tustin, R. D. (1978). The relation between the generalized matching law and signal-detection theory. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 29, 331-336.
10. Gibbon, J. (1977). Scalar expectancy theory and Weber's law in animal timing. Psychological Review, 84, 279-325.
11. Gibbon, J. (1991). Origins of scalar timing. Learning and Motivation, 22, 3-38.
12. Gibbon, J., & Church, R. M. (1981). Time left: Linear versus logarithmic subjective time. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 7, 87-108.
13. Hautus, M. J. (1995). Corrections for extreme proportions and their biasing effects on estimated values of d′. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 27, 46-51.
14. Marascuilo, L. A., & McSweeney, M. (1977). Nonparametric and distribution-free methods for the social sciences. Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole.
15. McCarthy, D., & Davison, M. (1982). Independence of stimulus discriminability from absolute rate of reinforcement in a signal-detection procedure. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 37, 371-382.
16. McCarthy, D., & Davison, M. (1984). Isobias and alloiobias functions in animal psychophysics. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 10, 390-409.
17. McCarthy, D., & Davison, M. (1991). The interaction between stimulus and reinforcer control on remembering. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 56, 51-66.
18. Nevin, J. A. (1982). Some persistent issues in the study of matching and maximizing. In M. L. Commons, R. J. Herrnstein, & H. Rachlin (Eds.), Quantitative analyses of behavior: Vol. 2. Matching and maximizing accounts (pp. 153-165). Cambridge, MA: Ballinger.
19. Nevin, J. A., Cate, H., & Alsop, B. (1993). Effects of differences between stimuli, responses, and reinforcer rates on conditional discrimination performance. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 59, 147-161.
20. Shimp, C. P., & Hawkes, L. (1974). Time-allocation, matching, and contrast. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 22, 1-10.
21. Zeiler, M. D., & Hoyert, M. S. (1989). Temporal reproduction. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 52, 81-95.