Simple discrimination in stingless bees (Melipona quadrifasciata): Probing for select- and reject-stimulus control

Autor(es)

Scienza, Livia ^[1] ; de Carvalho, Marilia Pinheiro ^[2] ; Machado, Armando ^[3] ; Moreno, Antonio Mauricio ^[4] ; Biscassi, Natalia ^[1] ; de Souza, Deisy das Gracas ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Fed Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Fed Para, Belem, Para - Brazil

^[3] Univ Aveiro, Aveiro - Portugal

^[4] Univ Estadual Sudoeste Bahia, Vitoria Da Conquista, BA - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: JOURNAL OF THE EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR; v. 112, n. 1, p. 74-87, JUL 2019.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Simple and conditional discrimination training may produce various types of controlling relations. Responses may be controlled primarily by the positive stimulus (select-control relation) or by the negative stimulus (reject-control relation; the subject excludes the negative stimulus and chooses the positive). Bees learn to respond in simple and conditional discriminations. However, no study has searched for reject-control responding in Melipona bees. We trained Melipona quadrifasciata on a simple discrimination task (S+ vs. S-; e.g., blue vs. yellow) and then probed for stimulus control with two types of probe trials, S+ versus a new stimulus (Select-control probes) and S- versus a new stimulus (Reject-control probes). For Group Different, a new-stimulus color (e.g., white) was used in one type of probe and another color (e.g., black) was used in the other type. For Group Same, a single new-stimulus color was used in both types of probes. On Select probes, the bees always preferred S+ to the new stimulus. On Reject probes, results were mixed. Depending on the colors used in training and probing, bees responded to both stimuli, and even preferred the S-. The data suggest no control by the negative function of the S- and support the select-stimulus control hypothesis of responding. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 08/57705-8 - Instituto de Estudos sobre Comportamento, Cognição e Ensino
• Beneficiário: Deisy das Graças de Souza
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático
• Processo FAPESP: 14/20444-3 - Teste de exclusão em uma linha de base de discriminação simples em abelhas (Melipona quadrifasciata)
• Beneficiário: Livia Scienza
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Iniciação Científica
• Processo FAPESP: 14/50909-8 - INCT 2014: Comportamento, Cognição e Ensino (INCT-ECCE): aprendizagem relacional e funcionamento simbólico
• Beneficiário: Deisy das Graças de Souza
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático
• Processo FAPESP: 15/06491-1 - Análises quantitativas de relações comportamentais: visita do Dr. Armando Domingos Batista Machado à UFSCar
• Beneficiário: Deisy das Graças de Souza
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Pesquisador Visitante - Internacional