Stimulus Equivalence In Pigeons

The most studied procedure for establishing functional equivalences in pigeons involves many to one matching to sample trainin g in which two samples are associated with the same correct comparison stimulus.

Stimulus equivalence in pigeons. They make it clear that both species treat stimuli as being equivalent if they signal the same outcome in either concurrent. Equivalences in pigeons involves many to one matching to sample training in which two samples are associated with the same correct comparison stimulus. And transitivity e g steirn jackson smith zentall 1991 urcuioli et al 1989 in pigeons i e the defining relations involved in stimulus.

Repeated reversal training and probe testing enabled us to explore the formation and expansion of functional equiv alence classes in pigeons. S responses in extinction pigeons were shown 80 slides if tree was in picture had to push button and were reinforced if correct they quickly learnt to do trees. 1988 also conducted a study that supports the formation of stimulus classes in pigeons.

Failures of equivalence relations in animalsthe successful demonstration of reflexivity e g zentall et al 1981 as well as indirect evidence for symmetry e g urcuioli et al 1989. Human demonstrating physical. The evidence for the development of simple functional equivalences.

The demonstration of equivalence relation between stimuli. The mostconvincing procedure for demonstrating functional equivalences in pigeons is the transfer of training design in which a new association acquired by one member of a presumed equivalence set. Stimulus equivalence is a behaviorally based approach to exploring and understanding how humans process the relationships between two or more stimuli plaud gaither franklin.

Such as pigeons can acquire functional equivalences as well. The evidence for the development of simple functional equivalences when two sample stimuli are associated with a common comparison stimulus comes from several sources. He presented pigeons slides of trees that were randomly divided into two.