Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Inhibitory Dimensional Control: The Effects of Discriminative Autoshaping and Negative Automaintenance Procedures

  • Published:
The Psychological Record Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Two experiments investigated dimensional control following autoshaping training. Experiment 1 exposed pigeons to successive presentations of a white key with a black dot followed immediately by grain and a 570-nm key light never followed by grain. Combined-cues and resistance-to-autoshaping tests both revealed evidence of inhibitory dimensional control. Experiment 2 exposed pigeons to successive presentations of a white key with a black dot followed immediately by grain and a 570-nm key light followed by grain if the pigeon did not key peck. Combined-cues and resistance-to-autoshaping tests both indicated the establishment of conditioned inhibition but not inhibitory dimensional control.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • BARRERA, F.J. 1974. Centrifugal selection of signal-directed pecking. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 22, 341–355.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • BLOUGH, D.S. 1957. Spectral sensitivity in the pigeon. Journal of the Optical Society of America, 47, 827–833.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • BROWN, P.L., & JENKINS, H.M. 1968. Autoshaping of the pigeon’s key peck. Journal of the Experimental A nalysis of Behavior, 11, 1–8.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • CIE. Proceedings, 1924. Cambridge University Press, 1926.

    Google Scholar 

  • HEARST, E. 1972. Some persistent problems in the analysis of conditioned inhibition. In R.A. Boakes & M.S. Halliday (Eds.), Inhibition and Learning. New York: Academic Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • HEARST, E., BESLEY, S., & FARTHING, G.W. 1970. Inhibition and the stimulus control of operant behavior. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 14, 373–409.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • JENKINS, H.M., & HARRISON, R.H. 1960. Effects of discrimination training on auditory generalization. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 59, 246–253.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • KARPICKE, J., & HEARST, E. 1975. Inhibitory control and errorless discrimination learning. Journal of the Experimental A nalysis of Behavior, 23, 76–83.

    Google Scholar 

  • LYONS, J., & THOMAS, P.R. 1967. Effects of interdimensional training on stimulus generalization, II: Within-subjects design. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 75, 572–574.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • RESCORLA, R.A. 1969. Pavlovian conditioned inhibition. Psychological Bulletin, 72, 77–94.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • RILLING, M., CAPLAN, H., HOWARD, R., & BROWN, C.H. 1975. Inhibitory stimulus control following errorless discrimination learning. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 24, 121–133.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • ROSEN, A.P. 1970. Determiners of inhibition: The effects of massed extinction, behavioral contrast, and reinforcement. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Columbia University.

    Google Scholar 

  • SCHWARTZ, B., & GAMZU, E. 1977. Pavlovian control of operant behavior: An analysis of autoshaping and its implications for operant conditioning. In W.K. Honig & J.E.R. Staddon (Eds.), Handbook of Operant Behavior. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.

    Google Scholar 

  • SELEKMAN, W. 1973. Behavioral contrast and inhibitory stimulus control as related to extended training. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 20, 245–252.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • TOMIE, A., DAVITT, G.A., & ENGBERG, L.A. 1976. Stimulus generalization of autoshaped key pecking following interdimensional and extradimensional training. Learning and Motivation, 7, 240–253.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • WEISMAN, R.G., & RAMSDEN, M. 1973. Discrimination of a response-independent component in a multiple schedule. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 19, 55–64.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • WESSELLS, M.G. 1973. Errorless discrimination, autoshaping, and conditioned inhibition. Science, 182, 941–943.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • WILLIAMS, D.R., & WILLIAMS, H. 1969. Automaintenance in the pigeon: Sustained pecking despite contingent non-reinforcement. Journal of the Experimental A nalysis of Behavior, 12, 511–520.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Psychology Department, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 03824, USA

    Peter E. Jenkins

Authors
  1. Peter E. Jenkins
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Additional information

These experiments constitute part of a doctoral dissertation by the author. The research was supported in part by Nsf grant Bms 7411849 to J.A. Nevin and Charlotte Mandell.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Jenkins, P. Inhibitory Dimensional Control: The Effects of Discriminative Autoshaping and Negative Automaintenance Procedures. Psychol Rec 31, 221–235 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03394736

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03394736

Search

Navigation