Psychology 2210A/B Study Guide - 8 Seconds, Discrimination Learning, Scallop
23 Sep 2014
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Timing plays a role in many learning situations, and there is good evidence that animals have some timing ability. We have already encountered evidence of timing in our discussion of classical and instrumental learning. In long delay learning, the cr initially appears near the beginning of the cs but with further training the cr moves further from the start of the cs and more toward when the. The occurrence of the fi scallop provides evidence that animals have some timing ability since there is an increase in responding as the interval times out. Time as a stimulus is a critical feature in sidman avoidance. There is substantial research that has been devoted explicitly to determining the accuracy of animal"s timing ability and the mechanisms involved in timing. Researchers has asked whether animals can distinguish between stimuli that differ in terms of temporal duration. Duration estimation or discrimination has been studied in the matching- to-sample procedure.
