An Image Theory of Instrumental Conditioning
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13675599 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald L King (Howard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1115-1122 |
| Publication date | 1974-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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/pr0.1974.35.3.1115 |
| PMID | 4445423 |
| OpenAlex | W2005606755 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
According to theories of classical conditioning and images, an image of the goal for an instrumentally conditioned response occurs by way of classically conditioned associations between the stimuli of the learning situation and the stimuli produced by the instrumentally conditioned response and between these response-produced stimuli and the goal. Also, the animal is viewed as behaving in order to change the vividness of the image of the reinforcer, associated with a change in the “reinforcing effect” of the image of the reinforcer, and does so by producing successively closer approximations to the stimuli produced by the instrumentally conditioned response via a feedback process, this response thereby eventuating. Image approaches to some instrumental conditioning results and some theories of instrumental conditioning are also discussed
Classical conditioning · Cognitive psychology · Conditioned response · Conditioning · Developmental psychology · Measures of conditioned emotional response · Operant conditioning · Reinforcement · Unconditioned stimulus · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |