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Correspondence as conditional stimulus control: insights from experiments with pigeons.

K A Lattal1, K J Doepke

  • 1Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, Morgantown 26506-6040, USA. klattal@wvu.edu

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
|June 26, 2001
PubMed
Summary

This study investigated the link between saying and doing in pigeons, finding that a correction procedure helped establish reliable correspondence. This correspondence could be manipulated by changing reinforcement conditions and time intervals.

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Area of Science:

  • Behavioral Psychology
  • Animal Cognition

Background:

  • The relationship between verbal statements and actions (say-do correspondence) is crucial in human development.
  • This phenomenon is typically studied in children and individuals with developmental disabilities.
  • This study explored say-do correspondence as a form of conditional stimulus control in pigeons.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate say-do correspondence in pigeons.
  • To determine if pigeons could exhibit conditional stimulus control analogous to human say-do correspondence.
  • To identify procedures that establish and maintain say-do correspondence.

Main Methods:

  • A two-component repeated-trials procedure was used with pigeons.
  • The 'say-component' involved choosing a color, followed by a 'do-component' where matching the choice yielded food.

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  • A correction procedure was implemented, and intertrial interval (ITI) durations were manipulated.

    • Main Results:

    • Correspondence remained at chance levels initially.
    • A correction procedure reliably established correspondence in most pigeons.
    • Removing reinforcement for correspondence eliminated it, while reintroducing it reestablished it.
    • Increasing the interval between 'say' and 'do' components diminished correspondence.

    Conclusions:

    • Say-do correspondence can be considered an instance of conditional stimulus control in pigeons.
    • The study successfully constructed a pigeon model (homologue) of human say-do correspondence.
    • The findings suggest that environmental manipulations can influence the development and maintenance of correspondence.