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16769621

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-13
pubmed:abstractText
An association between a cue and an outcome will generalize to a similar novel cue to some extent, but not completely. Learning theorists refer to the discrepancy between responding elicited by the original cue and the novel cue as a generalization decrement. Two experiments used a contingency learning task with human participants to compare the size of a generalization decrement between configurations of cues that were altered by adding or subtracting compositional elements. The results suggest that adding elements to a configuration can produce a generalization decrement, but removing elements produces a more robust generalization decrement. Furthermore, the generalization decrement caused by adding elements was not likely to be caused by competing orienting responses. The results are used to contrast Pearce's (1987, 1994) and Wagner's (2003) models of stimulus generalization.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1747-0218
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1212-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-10-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Generalization decrement in human contingency learning.
pubmed:affiliation
State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York 3902-6000, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comment