POST-DISCRIMINATION GRADIENTS AROUND STIMULI WITH DIFFERENTIAL RATES OF OCCURRENCE IN A DISCRETE RESPONSE TASK

Abstract

Generalization gradients in an identification type task reflect the willingness to apply identifying labels to stimuli which deviate from what might be called the "ideal standard" of a class. After training subjects to discriminate between pairs of ideal standards varied in both discriminability and frequency of occurrence, it is shown that post-discrimination generalization gradients are characterized by a redistribution of identifying responses around the more frequent standard as a function of discriminability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0295583

Entities

People

  • Donald B. Cameron

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Complex Systems
  • Discrimination
  • Extinction
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Standards
  • High Resolution
  • Human-Machine Interfaces
  • Identification
  • Judgment
  • Machines
  • Peak Values
  • Recognition
  • Standards
  • Still Projectors
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Psychology

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.