Chapter 6: Discrimination Learning - Cognitive Science 144 with Milostan at University of California - Merced

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Transposition Test

a test to determine if a discrimination between two stimuli is based on the relationship between them, by presenting two test stimuli that share the same relationship

Peak Shift

a shift in the peak of the generalization gradient in a direction that is away from S-

Feature-Positive Discrimination

a discrimination in which an outcome is delivered during a compound of two stimuli, but not during one of the stimuli by itself

Negative Patterning

a discrimination in which an outcome is delivered during a each stimuli by itself, but not when they are presented as a compound

Configural Cue

a hypothetical stimulus that is assumed to be created by presenting two stimuli together. different pairs of stimuli are assumed to create different configural cues

Acquired Equivalence

the enhanced generalization between two or more stimuli as a result of them signaling similar outcomes

Acquired Distinctiveness

Perceptual Learning

Metacognition

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