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Rats were trained to criterion (CT) and overtrained (OT) on a horizontal against vertical stripes discrimination in the jumping stand. A change in response strategy, from inspecting both stimuli to inspecting just the S−, was observed during overtraining. Replacing the S− with a novel stimulus disrupted performance in the OT Ss, but replacing the S+ did not. Performance in the CT Ss was disrupted, but not very severely, both when the S+ was replaced and when the S− was replaced. These results suggest that OT Ss in the jumping stand come to rely especially upon the S−. The overtraining effects found here are compared with those found in other types of apparatus.
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This work was carried out at the University of Cambridge and was supported by the U.K. Science Research Council.
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Hall, G. Response strategies after overtraining in the jumping stand. Animal Learning & Behavior 1, 157–160 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03214585
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03214585