Reversal-shift behavior: Some basic issues

Attempts to clarify 4 basic issues involved in discrimination-shift studies: (1) the reliability of developmental changes in the ability to execute a reversal shift in a 2-choice discrimination task, (2) the significance of dimensional preferences in the ability to reverse, (3) the meaning and signi...

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Published in:Psychological bulletin 1969-09, Vol.72 (3), p.229-232
Main Authors: Kendler, Howard H, Kendler, Tracy S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cognitive Mediation
Discrimination
Experimentation
Human
Preferences
Statistical Reliability
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Summary:Attempts to clarify 4 basic issues involved in discrimination-shift studies: (1) the reliability of developmental changes in the ability to execute a reversal shift in a 2-choice discrimination task, (2) the significance of dimensional preferences in the ability to reverse, (3) the meaning and significance of experimental controls in discrimination-shift studies, and (4) the role of a dimensional response in stimulus-response mediational theory. (15 ref.)
ISSN:0033-2909
1939-1455
DOI:10.1037/h0027889