Date of Award
4-1980
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Poling
Second Advisor
Dr. Mountjoy
Third Advisor
Dr. Lyon
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Campus Only
Abstract
Two groups of pigeons were trained to peck a response key under an automaintenance procedure. Once key pecking was \ reliably maintained, all birds were exposed to a trace conditioning procedure. Each bird was successively exposed to trace durations of 1, 2, 4, and 8 seconds. In general, as \ the duration of the trace condition increased, the percent of trials with at least one response decreased; pecking did not shift to the trace stimulus.
Recommended Citation
Bryceland, John Andrew, "Trace Conditioning in Automaintenance: Effects of Trace Duration on Established Key-Pecking by the Pigeon" (1980). Masters Theses. 3552.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/3552