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Predictive validity in human causal judgement and Pavlovian conditioning.

P F Lovibond1

  • 1School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Biological Psychology
|October 1, 1988
PubMed
Summary

Informational theories better explain human causal judgment than conditioning. Further research is needed to determine if similar predictive processes govern both animal and human learning.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Behavioral Science
  • Learning Theory

Background:

  • Predictive validity is crucial in animal conditioning research.
  • Informational theories attempt to explain learning based on predictive relationships.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review research on predictive validity and informational theories.
  • To examine the role of predictive validity in human causal judgment and Pavlovian conditioning.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of animal conditioning, causal judgment, and human conditioning studies.
  • Analysis of empirical support for informational theories in different learning paradigms.

Main Results:

  • Greater empirical support for informational theories exists in human causal judgment literature compared to conditioning literature.

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  • Current research has not adequately tested if human conditioning is governed by the same processes as animal conditioning.

    • Conclusions:

    • Human causal judgment appears to be governed by processes similar to animal conditioning.
    • Future research should involve joint measurement of predictive judgments and conditioned responding, manipulating predictive validity independently of contiguity.