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OPERANT STIMULUS CONTROL APPLIED TO MAZE BEHAVIOR: HEAT ESCAPE CONDITIONING AND DISCRIMINATION REVERSAL IN ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS 1
Author(s) -
Davidson Robert S.
Publication year - 1966
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.1966.9-671
Subject(s) - escape response , stimulus (psychology) , conditioning , operant conditioning , stimulus control , psychology , alligator , reinforcement , discrimination learning , communication , audiology , neuroscience , cognitive psychology , social psychology , mathematics , biology , statistics , medicine , nicotine , paleontology
Eight alligators were trained to escape heat by traversing an 8‐ft runway containing right or left approaches to a water tank. All subjects were run until they had satisfied three criteria of stable response time, after which the predominant escape path was blocked, requiring discrimination reversal. Seven subjects again met the criteria; three also met them in a second reversal.