Mechanisms of Animal Discrimination Learning

PrefaceAcknowledgments1. The History of Selective Attention I. Introduction II. The Behaviorists III. The Gestaltists IV. Pavlov V. Structuralists and Functionalists VI. Noncontinuity Theorists VII. Information Theory VIII. Human Skilled Performance IX. Some Neurophysiological Evidence X. Scope of Book2. Statement of the Model I. Some Phenomena II. Some Definitions III. Some Theory IV. Application of Theory to Phenomena V. Conclusion3. Analyzers and Responses I. Are Analyzers Innate? II. Perceptual Differentiation III. Absolute Judgments IV. Stimulus Control of Analyzers V. Analyzer Strength and Response Attachments VI. Analyzer Outputs and Response Attachments VII. What Is Learned? VIII. Conclusions4. Continuity and Noncontinuity I. Origins of Continuity-Noncontinuity Controversy II. Hypotheses and Position Habits III. Presolution-Period Reversal IV. Incidental Learning and Blocking V. Variables Affecting Incidental Learning VI. Summary5. Learning and Performance with More Than One Relevant Cue I. Acquisition with Multiple Cues II. What Is Learned with Multiple Cues III. Conclusions6. Learning to Switch-In Analyzers I. The Analysis of Attentional Learning II. The Acquired Distinctiveness of Cues III. Acquired Nondistinctiveness of Cues IV. Nature of Transfer Effects V. Summary7. Generalization I. Lashley and Wade's Account of Generalization II. Effects of Differential Training on the Slope of Generalization Gradients III. Criticism of Lashley and Wade's Position IV. The Determinants of Generalization Gradients V. Further Determinants of the Slopes of Generalization Gradients VI. Summary8. Reversal Learning I. Introduction II. Theoretical Analysis of Reversal Learning III. Evidence for a Two-Process Analysis of the ORE IV. The Elusive Nature of the ORE V. Alternative Explanations of the ORE VI. Summary9. Reversal and Nonreversal Shifts, Serial Reversal Learning I. Alternative Analyses of the ORE II. Reversal and Nonreversal Shifts III. Serial Reversal Learning IV. Summary10. Partial Reinforcement and Extinction I. Introduction II. The Two-Process Model III. The Response Unit Hypothesis IV. The Discrimination Hypothesis and Generalization Decrement V. The Frustration Hypothesis VI. The Cognitive Dissonance Hypothesis VII. Conclusions11. Partial Reinforcement and Choice Behavior I. Introduction II. Probability Learning III. Inconsistent Reinforcement and Extinction of Choice Behavior IV. Inconsistent Reinforcement and Reversal Learning V. Summary12. Some Comparative Psychology I. Aims and Problems of Comparative Psychology II. Overtraining and Reversal Learning III. Serial Reversal Learning IV. Probability Learning V. The Theoretical Relevance of Comparative Psychology VI. Summary13. Formal Models I. Phenomena II. The Zeaman and House Model III. Lovejoy's Model III IV. A Further Model V. Other Theoretical Analyses VI. Summing UpReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index