Neither Rescorla and Wagner nor SOCR Predict the Double Blocking Effect
dc.contributor.advisor | Witnauer, James | |
dc.contributor.author | Benicasco, John | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-08T14:17:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-09-08T14:17:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-09-10 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/6885 | |
dc.description.abstract | In a traditional blocking experiment, A+ trials precede AX+ trials, and responding to X at Test is weak relative to controls. Using the allergist task, the present study investigated the effect of an additional blocking cue presented in compound (i.e., ABX+, where B is also a previously trained excitor). The study found evidence of a double blocking effect, a proposed associative learning effect in which blocking with two blocking cues results in increased behavioral control by the target cue relative to blocking with a single blocking cue. In Phase 1 participants received A+/B+ training, in Phase 2 participants received ABX+ trials. Relative to controls, responding to X was greater in the double blocking group than in the traditional single blocking group. The Sometimes-Competing Retrieval (SOCR) model ostensibly should be able to explain double blocking through second-order comparator processes; however, a simulation analysis determined that SOCR was unable to satisfactorily explain the effect or fit the present data. Moreover, Rescorla-Wagner did no better than SOCR in fitting double blocking. The double blocking effect thus presents a challenge yet to be surmounted by a model. | |
dc.subject | Associative Learning | |
dc.subject | Blocking | |
dc.subject | Human Contingency Learning | |
dc.subject | SORC | |
dc.title | Neither Rescorla and Wagner nor SOCR Predict the Double Blocking Effect | |
dc.type | thesis | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-09-08T14:17:09Z | |
dc.description.institution | SUNY Brockport | |
dc.description.department | Psychology | |
dc.source.status | published | |
dc.description.publicationtitle | Senior Honors Theses | |
dc.contributor.organization | State University of New York College at Brockport | |
dc.languate.iso | en_US |