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It was previously shown that the amount of stimulus generalization of a food reinforced instrumental response from a training stimulus to a generalization test stimulus is markedly increased if the test stimulus has been independently paired classically with food, and decreased if the test stimulus has been paired with active nonreinforcement. The present experiment showed similar transfer from classical to instrumental conditioning when a different reinforcer was used in classical conditioning than in instrumental conditioning.
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This research was supported in part by NIH Grant MH 08799 to M. A. T., and in part by grants from NICHD, NSF, and the Graduate School Research Fund of the University of Minnesota to the Center for Research in Human Learning, University of Minnesota.
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Hyde, T., Trapold, M.A. Enhanced stimulus generalization of a food reinforced response to a CS for water. Psychon Sci 9, 513–514 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327865
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