Effects of CUE-Reward Congruity on Retardates' Learning under Varying Conditions of S-R Contiguity

4 groups of retardates were presented a blue-yellow discrimination. Two groups responded directly to panels containing the color cues and the remaining two made their response to other panels spatially separated by 15 in. from the stimulus panels. Also, half of the groups received a reward which was identical to the cues and half received a reward which had no dimension congruous with the cues. Results showed cue-reward congruity facilitated learning by retardates but its effect was contingent upon S-R contiguity, whereas contiguity promoted maximum achievement regardless of the presence of congruous properties between cue and reward

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