scholarly journals An examination of the sensitivity of successive discrimination reversal (SDR) measures to differences in motivational level with squirrel monkeys

1968 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 157-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Gossette ◽  
Jerome Feldman
Keyword(s):  
Squirrel Monkeys ◽  
Successive Discrimination ◽  
Discrimination Reversal ◽  
Motivational Level

Successive Discrimination Reversal Performance of Mammalian Species on a Brightness Task

1968 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 675-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Gossette ◽  
Gayle Kraus
Keyword(s):  
Task Analysis ◽  
Negative Transfer ◽  
Mammalian Species ◽  
Spatial Task ◽  
Squirrel Monkeys ◽  
Successive Discrimination ◽  
Discrimination Reversal ◽  
Species Variation ◽  
Reversal Task ◽  
Reversal Performance

To examine the generality of inter-species SDR performance differences previously revealed on a spatial task, four different mammalian species were tested on a brightness successive discrimination reversal task. Analysis showed that the patterns of errors yielded on the spatial task were reproduced on the brightness task, except that on the brightness task, cacomistle performance was inferior to that by squirrel monkeys. Further evidence supporting the differential extinction explanation of inter-species variation in negative transfer was also found.

Dieldrin toxicity and successive discrimination reversal in squirrel monkeys(Saimiri sciureus)

1976 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 737-747 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard M. Smith ◽  
William L. Cunningham ◽  
Gary A. Van Gelder ◽  
George G. Karas
Keyword(s):  
Squirrel Monkeys ◽  
Successive Discrimination ◽  
Discrimination Reversal ◽  
Saimiri Sciureus

The Perception of Linear Gestalten by Rat and Monkey: Sensory Sensitivity or the Perception of Structure?

Perception ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan O McGonigle ◽  
Barry T Jones
Keyword(s):  
Discrimination Training ◽  
Squirrel Monkeys ◽  
Successive Discrimination ◽  
Continuous Line ◽  
Sensory Sensitivity

Four experiments on rats and squirrel monkeys are reported which show that the well-known transposition by animals to continuous from broken or interrupted line stimuli, first reported by Krechevsky, is attributable to their failure to transfer from simultaneous to successive discrimination of dot patterns. When given appropriate successive discrimination training, however, monkeys reverse their original preference and select dot instead of continuous line stimuli.

Successive Discrimination Reversal (SDR) Performances of American Alligators and American Crocodiles on a Spatial Task

1969 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Gossette ◽  
Arthur Hombach
Keyword(s):  
Error Reduction ◽  
Spatial Task ◽  
Successive Discrimination ◽  
Discrimination Reversal ◽  
Spatial Discrimination ◽  
American Alligator ◽  
Reversal Task ◽  
American Crocodile ◽  
American Alligators

There is general agreement that birds and mammals, but not fish, can display error reduction on successive discrimination reversal (SDR) tasks. Reptiles, however, show error reduction on some but not other tasks. To provide further sampling of reptilian SDR performance, two species of crocodilians, the American alligator and the American crocodile, were tested on a spatial discrimination reversal task. Both species displayed error reduction, the alligator being appreciably inferior to the crocodile.

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