scholarly journals Extending the generality of the odor hypothesis: Double-alternation responding in the wood rat (Neotoma floridana osagensis)

1985 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen F. Davis ◽  
Karen K. Gustavson ◽  
Mary K. Petty-Zirnstein
Keyword(s):  
Neotoma Floridana ◽  
Double Alternation

The Effects, or Lack Thereof, of Interference on Double Alternation Learning: Double Alternation Versus Double Response

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel C. Werner ◽  
Ashley E. Huddleston ◽  
Amanda R. Willey ◽  
Thomas W. Crosby ◽  
James D. Rowan
Keyword(s):  
Double Alternation ◽  
Double Response

Memory and Hypothesis in Solving Alternation Problems with Random Competition

1963 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 783-797
Author(s):  
Eugene Linker ◽  
Bruce M. Ross
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Sequence Classification ◽  
Single Alternation ◽  
Symbol Sequence ◽  
Double Alternation ◽  
Symbol Sequences ◽  
The Way

Three experiments are described dealing with solution attempts for single, double, and quadruple alternations in one or two of three possible symbol-sequence classification dimensions. Results showed that alternation length did not alter solution difficulty. The conclusion is formulated that the way in which Ss tackled alternation problems could not lead to solutions on the basis of “reading off” from memory or learning on an incremental basis. Therefore the concept of an hypothesis must be brought in to account for Ss with incomplete evidence often obtaining successful solutions and yet not differing in problem-solving approach from nonsolvers. There is also some indication that single alternation may be easier than double alternation when coding of symbol sequences is most straightforward, but there is no indication of any circumstances that favor double over quadruple alternation.

Response Patterning in the Operant-Conditioning Situation with Twenty-Four-Hour Intertrial Interval

1974 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 231-234
Author(s):  
Stephen F. Davis ◽  
Bobby R. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Operant Conditioning ◽  
Intertrial Interval ◽  
Albino Rats ◽  
Operant Conditioning Chamber ◽  
Single Alternation ◽  
Conditioning Chamber ◽  
Conditioning Situation ◽  
Double Alternation ◽  
Sequential Hypothesis ◽  
Response Patterning

16 female, albino rats served as Ss in an investigation of performance on single and double-alternation sequences of reward-nonreward. Ss were run in an operant conditioning chamber with a 24-hr. intenrial interval. The results indicated that Ss receiving the single-alternation reward-nonreward sequence learned to respond appropriately, i.e., fast on reward days, slow on nonreward days, while Ss run under the double-alternation sequence did not exhibit appropriate responding. The results are seen as being supportive of Capaldi's sequential hypothesis.

An Ecological Study of Neotoma floridana in Oklahoma

1970 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. Goertz
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Study ◽  
Neotoma Floridana

Performance on double-alternation problems by normal and brain-injured monkeys.

1952 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 576-584 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. Leary ◽  
H. F. Harlow ◽  
P. H. Settlage ◽  
D. D. Greenwood
Keyword(s):  
Double Alternation ◽  
Brain Injured
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