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Transfer of a learned form discrimination in the infant and adult monkey
Author(s) -
Zimmermann Robert R.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
developmental psychobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1098-2302
pISSN - 0012-1630
DOI - 10.1002/dev.420030106
Subject(s) - psychology , generalization , audiology , stimulus (psychology) , transfer of learning , equilateral triangle , developmental psychology , stimulus generalization , discrimination learning , transfer (computing) , communication , mathematics , cognitive psychology , geometry , neuroscience , mathematical analysis , medicine , computer science , perception , parallel computing
Eight infant monkeys with a mean age of 67 days, range 50 to 84, and 8 adult monkeys were trained to discriminate an equilateral triangle from a circle. After reaching the criterion of learning, they were subjected to a series of transfer tests containing 20 different stimulus pairs. The groups did not differ significantly in rate of learning or transfer scores. Adults showed significant interproblem transfer to stimuli that had high generalization scores in other studies. Significant transfer was found to outline figures, intensity reversal and no consistent effect in responses to the sides of the triangle as opposed to the angles appeared.