The role of the sequential cue in behavior fixation.

Rs, Feldman; Rr, Waite

doi:10.1037/h0047672

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“…This was supposed to mean that on the first day after having had a punished trial the rat anticipated another one, but on the eighth day after a punished trial the rat anticipated a rewarded trial, thus having learned the bias in the procedure. However, Feldman and Waite (1957) pointed out that the sequences used by Gladin and Denny increased the sequential bias well above that used by most Maier paradigm experimenters, and that the comparison of latencies of the first day with those of the eighth day was less informative than a presentation of day-to-day changes in latencies would be. Feldman and Waite then presented data from a typical Maier-type experiment which showed no difference in latencies between punishment-reward and punishment-punishment sequences over the course of a 16-day insoluble problem, and further showed no differences between ,Ss that subsequently solved or failed.…”

Section: Pattern Of Punishmentmentioning

confidence: 97%

Antecedents to behavior fixations.

Feldman¹,

Green²

1967

Psychological Review

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A double approach-avoidance conflict model appears adequate to describe the results of Maier paradigm studies on response fixations in rats. The model states that "go-no go" conflict must occur in the presence of response alternatives-spatial (Left or Right) and nonspatial (Bright or Dark). Evidence is presented that shows that random 50% punishment itself does not produce fixation. Reinforcement by anxiety reduction and resistance to extinction due to partial reinforcement were found wanting as explanatory concepts. Rather, altering the balance of the "go-no go" conflict with psychoactive drugs, or eliminating response alternatives during random punishment, reduces the occurrence of fixations. Introducing novel cues related to reward and punishment but not associated with previous conflict, and techniques which gradually lead Ss into the conflict situation also reduce fixation occurrence.

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Section: Pattern Of Punishmentmentioning

confidence: 97%