Deutsch's Model Applied to a Conditional Maze

Rodents (mice) were rewarded for running over, but not for running under, an obstacle giving access to a final common path. On the basis of Deutsch's postulates it was predicted that the proportion of correct responses during test trials should depend upon the distribution of reinforcement during training trials; the proportion being high following block reinforcement, low following alternated reinforcement and intermediate in a procedure used by Sheldon. These predictions were upheld throughout testing in a maze with a long final path, but only held good for the early test trials in a shorter maze for which predictions are equivocal

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