Contextual control of conditional discrimination of the own behavior in pigeons

An experiment in which a pigeon was trained in contextual discrimination of its own behavior was carried out. When the experimental chamber was illuminated with a constant light, the pigeon had to peck on a red (or green) key in the sample component after having been pecking to the left (or to the r...

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Autores:
García, Andrés
Benjumea, Santiago
Tipo de recurso:
Fecha de publicación:
2008
Institución:
Universidad de San Buenaventura
Repositorio:
Repositorio USB
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:bibliotecadigital.usb.edu.co:10819/6319
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/10819/6319
Palabra clave:
Discriminación Contextual
Discriminación Condicional
Estímulo Propioceptivo
Palomas
Contextual discrimination
Conditional discrimination
Proprioceptive stimulus
Pigeons
Conductismo (psicología)
Análisis de conducta
Estimulación
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Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 2.5 Colombia
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Summary:An experiment in which a pigeon was trained in contextual discrimination of its own behavior was carried out. When the experimental chamber was illuminated with a constant light, the pigeon had to peck on a red (or green) key in the sample component after having been pecking to the left (or to the right). When the chamber was illuminated with an intermittent light, the reinforced sample-comparison sequences were the opposite. The subject learned the task in about 40 sessions and maintained high correct response ratios even though the reinforcement probability decreased from 1 to 0.2 after each correct trial. The results are discussed in terms of the kind of discriminative rule and the kind of hierarchic structure involved in the task.