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Spatial and temporal relations in conditioned reinforcement and observing behavior.

C A Bowe, J A Dinsmoor

    Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
    |March 1, 1983
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    Pigeons preferred stimuli signaling food schedule information over spatial location. Temporal information, not spatial, reinforced perch-pressing behavior, suggesting learned associations with reinforcement density drive behavior.

    Area of Science:

    • Behavioral Psychology
    • Animal Cognition
    • Operant Conditioning

    Background:

    • Information can serve as a reinforcer in animal learning.
    • The role of different types of information (spatial vs. temporal) in reinforcing behavior is not fully understood.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate pigeons' preference for spatial versus temporal information.
    • To determine if information about food availability schedules is more reinforcing than information about key locations.

    Main Methods:

    • Pigeons were trained to depress perches that provided different types of stimuli.
    • Experiment 1: One perch provided spatial information (key location for food), the other temporal (schedule of reinforcement).
    • Experiment 2: Pigeons received combined or only temporal information, followed by only spatial information.

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    Main Results:

    • Pigeons spent more time depressing the perch providing temporal information than spatial information.
    • Providing combined spatial and temporal information did not enhance learning compared to temporal information alone.
    • Perch-pressing for spatial information alone eventually decreased.

    Conclusions:

    • Temporal information regarding reinforcement schedules is more effective in maintaining behavior than spatial information.
    • The findings support an interpretation where stimuli associated with higher reinforcement density acquire reinforcing properties.