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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 reviewedLewis, Mathew W.; Anderson, John R. – Cognitive Psychology, 1985
The process of forming operator schemata was studied in three experiments. In each experiment a greater amount of predictive information in a stimulus item increased the chance of selecting the operator accurately.
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Style, College Students, Computer Oriented Programs
