Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1975

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Adamson, Robert E.

Abstract

An attempt was made to investigate the intradimensional transfer of a simultaneously presented, double brightness discrimination in male hooded rats. It was hypothesized that in a paradigm designed to emphasize interstimulus cues over individual stimulus cues, subjects would exhibit transposition in testing, even when this involved approaching a previously negative stimulus, and avoiding a previously positive stimulus, under extinction conditions. Results of two tests (with a partial reinforcement retraining session between them) indicated significant transposition on all measures except trial of first choice on Test I for the group trained to approach the brighter stimulus in any pair presented. Results were interpreted as being in support of relational theory which stresses the importance of dimensional salience in the establishment of relational responding.

Extent

69 p.

Comments

Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1975.|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1975.

Identifier

FADT13749

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