Within-subject renewal in sign tracking.
Three sign-tracking experiments using pigeon subjects examined the contextual dependence of extinction after conditioning. Renewal of extinguished responding occurred when testing occurred in a different context, using a variety of different renewal designs. In each case, a within-subject design ensured that the various contexts were equivalent in their general treatment histories and differed only in whether or not a particular stimulus had been extinguished in their presence. These results strengthen the view that extinction is relatively context specific.
Rescorla
Robert A
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Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. rescorla@cattell.psych.upenn.edu
D000818:Animals; D001245:Association Learning; D001288:Attention; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D010856:Columbidae; D003216:Conditioning, Operant / Q000502:physiology*; D005108:Extinction, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology