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| Author(s): |
Heloisa Cursi Campos
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Psicologia (IP/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2013-12-06 |
| Examining board members: |
Paula Debert;
Marcelo Frota Benvenuti;
Katia Damiani;
Olavo de Faria Galvão;
Miriam Garcia Mijares
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| Advisor: | Paula Debert |
| Abstract | |
Campos et al.s (2011) results indicated the emergence of symmetry, but not transitivity and equivalence with pigeons in a go/no-go procedure with compound stimuli. The present experiment investigated stimulus class formation in transfer of function tests after training in a go/no-go procedure with compound stimuli. Four pigeons were trained to respond to A1B1, A2B2, B1C1, and B2C2 compound stimuli e not to respond to A1B2, A2B1, B1C2, and B2C1 compounds. Subsequently, subjects were trained to respond in DRL 3 s to A1 and in FR20 to A2. Transfer of function tests presented the A1 and A2 training stimuli and the B1, C1, B2, and C2 test stimuli to verify if subjects would show a lower response rate to A1, B1, C1 and a higher response rate to A2, B2, C2. Subjects showed lower response rates to some Set-1 stimuli as well as to some Set-2 stimuli. Thus, the results of the transfer of function tests indicate that equivalence classes were not established after training with the go/no-go procedure with compound stimuli in pigeons. Therefore, regardless of the test used (tests of the properties with the go/no-go procedure with compound stimuli or transfer of function tests), emergent performances are not verified in pigeons after training with the go/no-go procedure with compound stimuli (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 10/07872-5 - Emergent relations evaluated in transfer of function tests in pigeons |
| Grantee: | Heloísa Cursi Campos |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |