Effects of Drive Level on the Type and Degree of Cue Control in Rats

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ID13675789
AuthorsMaggie Roy (0009-0000-6802-6360, Ashland (United States), corresponding author), M Aaron Roy (Ashland (Ohio) College)
Year1976
Volume39
Issue2
Pages515-523
Publication date1976-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1976.39.2.515
PMID981473
OpenAlexW2043666424
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited13

58 hooded rats were presented with a discrimination task involving redundant, relevant cues of orientation (vertical vs horizontal) and brightness (black vs white). Two experiments systematically evaluated the range and degree of cue control as a function of drive level (high or low), dimensional saliency, or the interaction of the two. Contrary to past research and prominent discrimination learning models: (1) low drive did not favor multiple-cue control, (2) the most salient cue did not reduce the control of the least salient cue, and (3) no interaction between motivational level and type of cue control was found. Compared with low-drive, high-drive subjects consistently showed more cue control in spite of faster acquisition and fewer errors to criterion. Differences between these results and those which did report drive level and/or dimensional saliency effects were attributed to important procedural variations or the choice of experimental subjects

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