Discrimination and Generalization Along a Simple Dimension: Peak Shift and Rule-Governed Responding

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 554-565

  Livesey, E J ^a,b   McLaren, I P L ^a,c  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

discrimination learning; generalization; peak shift; rule learning

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 70350447846     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015524     Document Type: Article

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