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Reversal (R) and extradimensional (ED) choices in an optional discrimination shift study were investigated in college students (N = 150) as a function of varying amounts of previous mandatory R or ED training and the number of irrelevant categories during preshift training. The findings were that as the number of training problems increased, R or ED, the probability increased that the subject’s optional choice was consistent with his previous shift training. Optional choice behavior was not influenced by the number of irrelevant categories.
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This paper stems from the author’s PhD thesis. For a more detailed report of the procedure and the results, the reader is referred to the original thesis (Watson, 1970).1
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Watson, G.W. Discrimination-shift behavior as a function of rule learning and the number of irrelevant categories. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 5, 49–50 (1975). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336699
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