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SOME EFFECTS OF COMBINED S D s 1
Author(s) -
Wolf Montrose M.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1938-3711
pISSN - 0022-5002
DOI - 10.1901/jeab.1963.6-343
Subject(s) - respondent , stimulus control , hull , stimulus (psychology) , schedule , psychology , statistics , computer science , mathematics , operations research , cognitive psychology , engineering , neuroscience , political science , law , nicotine , operating system , marine engineering
When the individual S D components of a multiple schedule were combined, their control over a response summated, thus increasing the response probability to a point over that controlled by either of the S D s independently. Summation was concluded to be a phenomenon relevant for operant as well as respondent stimulus control (Pavlov, in Kimble, 1960; Hull, 1943). The results of the present study appear to be a special case of the general S D enhancement effect demonstrated by Hanson (1959) and by Pierrel and Sherman (1960).