A demonstration of auto-shaping with monkeys.
The Brown-Jenkins auto-shaping procedure for pigeons was found applicable to monkeys. Repeated pairings of lighted keys with reinforcement generated key-pressing behavior. The animals rapidly learned a simultaneous light-dark discrimination. The topographies of key-pressing and magazine behavior differed; the food tray was not illuminated.
D000818:Animals; D010856:Columbidae; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D003624:Darkness; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D005502:Food; D000882:Haplorhini; D008027:Light; D008722:Methods; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology