Function learning: induction of continuous stimulus-response relations.
Function learning: induction of continuous stimulus-response relations.
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功能学习:连续刺激-反应关系的归纳。
DOI:
10.1037//0278-7393.17.5.811
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发表时间:
1991
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通讯作者:
Meyer,DE
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作者:
Koh,K;Meyer,DE
This research investigates how people learn to select particular response magnitudes along one physical dimension (duration) when given stimulus magnitudes from another dimension (spatial extent). Stimuli and correct responses were related by either a power function, a logarithmic function, or a linear function with a positive intercept. The power function was learned quickly and accurately. In contrast, systematic response biases occurred during the early phases of learning the logarithmic and linear functions. As practice progressed, however, the biases gradually disappeared. These results support an adaptive regression model. According to it, people learn functions through a subjective process analogous to statistical regression. There is assumed to be an initial constraint that treats stimulus–response pairs as if a power function characterizes them.