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The problem of switching in conditional behavior

W Wyrwicka1

  • 1University of California, Department of Anatomy, Los Angeles.

Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science : the Official Journal of the Pavlovian Society
|July 1, 1993
PubMed
Summary

Environmental context significantly influences conditioned responses (CRs). Switching occurs when a conditional stimulus (CS) elicits different behaviors in novel environments due to CS-environment associations.

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Area of Science:

  • Behavioral neuroscience
  • Learning and memory

Background:

  • Conditioning involves associating a conditional stimulus (CS) with a response (CR).
  • The phenomenon of 'switching' describes altered CRs when a CS is presented in a different environment (E) than the original.
  • This review examines studies on switching in classical and instrumental conditioning.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review and synthesize research on the environmental modulation of conditioned responses.
  • To explore the mechanisms underlying the 'switching' phenomenon in learning.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on classical and instrumental conditioning.
  • Analysis of studies investigating the role of environmental context in response elicitation.

Main Results:

  • Repeated pairing of CS with an environment (E) forms CS-E associations, leading to CRs elicited by the compound (CS+E).
  • Presentation of CS in a novel E disrupts these associations, causing switching and altered CRs.
  • Environment (E) plays a dominant role, acting as a 'determining' or 'tonic' stimulus that modulates the CR.

Conclusions:

  • Environmental context is crucial in conditioning, often acting as the primary determinant of the response.
  • Switching highlights the context-dependent nature of learned associations.
  • Environmental stimuli can facilitate or inhibit CRs based on prior associations and reinforcement history.

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