Date of Award
12-1981
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. M. Kay Malott
Second Advisor
Dr. John L. Michael
Third Advisor
Dr. David O. Lyon
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Contradictory results concerning the effect that presence or absence of a correction procedure has on matching-to-sample were obtained by past studies (Carter and Werner, 1978; Thomas, 1979). Carter and Werner (1978) reported that exposure to a correction procedure resulted in an increase in accuracy, while Thomas (1979) found no difference between the noncorrection and correction procedures. The present study showed that exposure to a correction procedure resulted in an increase in accuracy in comparison to a noncorrection procedure during acquisition, but not during maintenance.
Past studies (Holt and Shafer, 1973; Thomas, 1979), using a correction procedure, showed that presence of an ITI increased accuracy, while absence of an ITI decreased accuracy. The present study, using both correction and noncorrection procedures, replicated these results.
The results of the present study suggest that exposure to a correction procedure with an ITI facilitates learning.
Recommended Citation
Grossett, Deborah Lou, "Matching-to-Sample in the Pigeon: An Analysis of the Effects of Correction and Noncorrection Procedures" (1981). Masters Theses. 1835.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1835