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Direct linkKeith, Kenneth D. – Teaching of Psychology, 2002
Stimulus discrimination is a standard subject in undergraduate courses presenting basic principles of learning, and a particularly interesting aspect of discrimination is the peak shift phenomenon. Peak shift occurs in generalization tests following intradimensional discrimination training as a displacement of peak responding away from the S+ (a…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Reinforcement, Learning Theories, Stimulus Generalization
Peer reviewedBest, Michael R.; Batsell, Jr., W. Robert – Teaching of Psychology, 1998
Describes a demonstration that recreates the central features of taste aversion (learning to avoid distinctively flavored food or drink paired with gastrointestinal illness) research. Rats are allowed to drink a saccharine flavored solution and then are given an injection of sodium chloride. They associate the unpleasant effects with the solution.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Demonstrations (Educational), Discrimination Learning, Educational Experiments
