Effect of Distribution of Practice on the Maze Learning of Descendants of the Tryon Maze Bright and Maze Dull Strains
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13655669 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James L Mc Gaugh (San Jose State College, corresponding author), Roger D Jennings (San Jose State College), Calvin W Thomson (San Jose State College) |
| Year | 1962 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 147-150 |
| Publication date | 1962-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1962.10.1.147 |
| OpenAlex | W2147387386 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
Recently a number of investigations have been undertaken in an attempt to understand the nature of the differences between the descendants of the Tryon maze bright (S1) and maze dull (S3) strains. One generalization derived from this research is that, when training trials are relatively massed, i.e., 1 min. or less between trials on any given day, the performance of Ss of the Sl strain is superior to that of Ss of the S3 strain (Rosenzweig, Krech, & Bennett, 1960; Fehmi & McGaugh, 1961; McGaugh, Westbrook, & Burt, 1961). Other recent studies have found, however, thac the Sls are not superior to the S3s in maze performance when Ss are given only one training trial a day (Breen & McGaugh, 1961; McGaugh, Westbrook, & Thompson, in press). Using a 1-day inter-trial interval, Rowland and Woods ( 1961) recently found Ss from the S3 strain superior to Sls in the learning of a maze highly similar to that used in the original selection study (Tryon, 1940) .4 These findings suggest thac the difference in maze performance of Ss of these strains depends, at least in part, upon the time allowed berween training trials. In view of the increased use of and interest in these strains, as well as the implications of these findings regarding the basis of the differences between these strains, the present study was undertaken to investigate systematically the effect of distribution of practice on the maze learning of Ss from the S1 and S3 strains
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| Citations per year | 0.05 |
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| Citation span | 1963 - 1970 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |