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Broomfield, Laura; McHugh, Louise; Reed, Phil – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2010
Stimulus overselectivity occurs when only one of potentially many aspects of the environment controls behavior. Adult participants were trained and tested on a trial-and-error discrimination learning task while engaging in a concurrent load task, and overselectivity emerged. When responding to the overselected stimulus was reduced by reinforcing a…
Descriptors: Visual Stimuli, Discrimination Learning, Environmental Influences, Adults
Miller, Adam; Swan, John – Psychol Rep, 1970
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Color, Discrimination Learning
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Zajonc, R. B.; And Others – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Discrimination Learning
Reich, John W.; Woolford, Barbara – J Gen Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Classification, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes
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Thurmond, John B. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Discrimination Learning, Error Patterns
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Offenbach, Stuart I. – Developmental Psychology, 1974
This study tested Levine's hypothesis testing model of discrimination learning with a procedure for determining which hypothesis is sampled without introducing blank trials. (DP)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Behavioral Science Research, College Students
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Cunningham, Mark; Collins, Carol T. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Discrimination Learning, Learning Processes
Breger, Ilana – Percept Mot Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Auditory Stimuli, Behavioral Science Research, College Students
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Gescheider, George A.; Wright, John H. – Journal of Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Decision Making
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Morell, Jonathan A. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1976
This study was designed to examine the effects of age and sex on susceptibility to field dependence training and to determine whether the field dependence phenomenon is a function of cognitive style or of a general inability to make correct judgments because of confusing and inaccurate information. (MS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Style