Spontaneous recovery from the effect of relative stimulus validity

被引：11

作者：

Cole, RP ^{[1
]}

Gunther, LM ^{[1
]}

Miller, RR ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] SUNY BINGHAMTON,DEPT PSYCHOL,BINGHAMTON,NY 13902

来源：

LEARNING AND MOTIVATION | 1997年 / 28卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1006/lmot.1997.0949

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Acquisition-failure theories and expression-failure theories of conditioning provide divergent explanations of cue competition effects. The present research examined the underlying basis of the effect of relative stimulus validity through a procedure that has sometimes revealed latent associations in other cue competition situations. Ln Experiment 1, a long retention interval (21 days) was inserted between relative validity training and subsequent testing, and what could be interpreted as a spontaneous recovery from the relative validity effect was observed. However, the behavioral recovery observed in Experiment 1 was also explicable in terms of differences in stimulus generalization. Experiment 3 evaluated this alternative explanation of Experiment 1 and found it wanting. The results are discussed in the framework of acquisition-failure and expression-failure theories of cue competition. (C) 1997 Academic Press.

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