Intermodal transfer from a visual to an auditory discrimination using an errorless learning procedure |
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Authors: | Joana Arantes Mark E Berg |
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Institution: | a University of Canterbury, New Zealand b University of Minho, Portugal c The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, USA |
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Abstract: | Errorless learning is a technique developed by Terrace Terrace, H.S., 1963a. Discrimination training with and without “errors”. J. Exp. Anal. Behav. 6, 1-27] to train stimulus discriminations with few or no errors. In the first replication of the original findings, errorless learning was also shown to transfer successfully between two visual discriminations without errors Terrace, H.S., 1963b. Errorless transfer of a discrimination across two continua. J. Exp. Anal. Behav. 6, 223-232]. In the present experiment, we extended the errorless learning procedure to an intermodal transfer, from a discrimination between red and green colors to a discrimination between high and low tones. The pigeons were divided into two groups: an Experimental Group, which learned both discriminations through errorless learning, and a Control Group, which learned them through trial-and-error. Results showed that pigeons from the Experimental Group learned the red-green discrimination with significantly fewer errors than the Control Group and that errorless learning is effective in transferring from a visual to an auditory discrimination. |
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Keywords: | Errorless learning Intermodal transfer Visual discrimination Auditory discrimination Pigeon |
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