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Context: a central concept.

E Fantino1

  • 1Department of Psychology-0109, University of California, San Diego, 92093-0109, La Jolla, CA, USA

Behavioural Processes
|May 23, 2001
PubMed
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Context is crucial for controlling behavior across various research areas, including classical conditioning, reinforcement, and foraging. Understanding contextual influences offers new insights into behavioral control and decision-making processes.

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Area of Science:

  • Behavioral science
  • Cognitive psychology
  • Animal behavior

Background:

  • Behavioral control is significantly influenced by environmental context.
  • Seminal research across multiple domains highlights context's importance.
  • Classical conditioning, conditioned reinforcement, and choice behavior all demonstrate contextual effects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review landmark research demonstrating the role of context in behavioral control.
  • To synthesize findings from classical conditioning, conditioned reinforcement, choice, and foraging behavior.
  • To underscore the pervasive influence of context in understanding behavior.

Main Methods:

  • Review of established research methodologies in behavioral science.
  • Analysis of studies employing classical conditioning (e.g., conditioned suppression, autoshaping).

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  • Examination of research on conditioned reinforcement (observing paradigm), choice behavior (matching law, delay-reduction theory), and foraging behavior.

    • Main Results:

    • Context plays a central role in classical conditioning and conditioned reinforcement.
    • Contextual factors are critical in decision-making, including choice behavior and foraging.
    • Research on foraging behavior, influenced by context, yields counterintuitive predictions.

    Conclusions:

    • Context is a fundamental determinant of behavioral control across diverse experimental paradigms.
    • Integrating findings across different research areas reinforces the significance of contextual variables.
    • Future research should continue to explore context-mediated behavioral phenomena, particularly in foraging and decision-making.