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Summation: further assessment of a configural theory
John M Pearce1, David N George, Aydan Aydin
1School of Psychology, Cardiff University, UK. pearcejm@cardiff.ac.uk
Abstract:
when A+ B+ training was conducted in the absence of CD+ trials. A further failure to observe abnormally strong responding during AB was found in Experiment 3 for which the training trials with A+ B+ CD+ were accompanied by trials in which C and D were separately paired with food. The results are explained in terms of a configural theory of conditioning, which assumes that responding during a compound is determined by generalization from its components, as well as from other compounds to which it is similar.