CONTEXT-SPECIFICITY OF TARGET VERSUS FEATURE INHIBITION IN A FEATURE-NEGATIVE DISCRIMINATION

被引:113
作者
BOUTON, ME
NELSON, JB
机构
[1] Department of Psychology, University of Vermont
来源
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-ANIMAL BEHAVIOR PROCESSES | 1994年 / 20卷 / 01期
关键词
D O I
10.1037/0097-7403.20.1.51
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Four experiments with rats examined the effects of a context switch on inhibition that was acquired during a feature-negative discrimination. A target conditioned stimulus was paired with food when it was presented alone but occurred without food when it was combined with a feature stimulus. A context switch following training did not disrupt inhibition conditioned to the feature. However, responding to the target was more difficult to inhibit when it was tested in a different context. It is suggested that both the target and the feature acquired inhibition and that the target's inhibition was especially sensitive to the context. The feature may inhibit responding to the target (a) by directly suppressing the representation of the food and (b) by activating the target's own inhibitory association with food, which is at least partly context-specific. Implications for theories of inhibition and negative occasion-setting are discussed.
引用
收藏
页码:51 / 65
页数:15
相关论文
共 31 条
[1]  
BOUTON ME, 1991, CURRENT TOPICS IN ANIMAL LEARNING : BRAIN, EMOTION, AND COGNITION, P25
[2]   ANALYSIS OF THE ASSOCIATIVE AND OCCASION-SETTING PROPERTIES OF CONTEXTS PARTICIPATING IN A PAVLOVIAN DISCRIMINATION [J].
BOUTON, ME ;
SWARTZENTRUBER, D .
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-ANIMAL BEHAVIOR PROCESSES, 1986, 12 (04) :333-350
[3]   CONTEXT EFFECTS ON CONDITIONING, EXTINCTION, AND REINSTATEMENT IN AN APPETITIVE CONDITIONING PREPARATION [J].
BOUTON, ME ;
PECK, CA .
ANIMAL LEARNING & BEHAVIOR, 1989, 17 (02) :188-198
[4]   CONTEXTUAL CONTROL OF THE EXTINCTION OF CONDITIONED FEAR [J].
BOUTON, ME ;
BOLLES, RC .
LEARNING AND MOTIVATION, 1979, 10 (04) :445-466
[5]   CONTEXT, TIME, AND MEMORY RETRIEVAL IN THE INTERFERENCE PARADIGMS OF PAVLOVIAN LEARNING [J].
BOUTON, ME .
PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN, 1993, 114 (01) :80-99
[6]   CONTEXTUAL CONTROL OF THE EXTINCTION OF CONDITIONED FEAR - TESTS FOR THE ASSOCIATIVE VALUE OF THE CONTEXT [J].
BOUTON, ME ;
KING, DA .
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-ANIMAL BEHAVIOR PROCESSES, 1983, 9 (03) :248-265
[7]  
Estes W. K., 1976, STRUCTURE HUMAN MEMO, P31
[8]   DIFFERENTIAL-EFFECTS OF CONTEXTUAL CHANGE ON LATENT INHIBITION AND ON THE HABITUATION OF AN ORIENTING RESPONSE [J].
HALL, G ;
CHANNELL, S .
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-ANIMAL BEHAVIOR PROCESSES, 1985, 11 (03) :470-481
[9]   CONTEXTUAL EFFECTS IN CONDITIONING, LATENT INHIBITION, AND HABITUATION - ASSOCIATIVE AND RETRIEVAL FUNCTIONS OF CONTEXTUAL CUES [J].
HALL, G ;
HONEY, RC .
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-ANIMAL BEHAVIORAL PROCESSES, 1989, 15 (03) :232-241
[10]   CONTEXT-SPECIFIC CONDITIONING IN THE CONDITIONED-EMOTIONAL-RESPONSE PROCEDURE [J].
HALL, G ;
HONEY, RC .
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-ANIMAL BEHAVIOR PROCESSES, 1990, 16 (03) :271-278