The Perception of Stimulus Relations

The Perception of Stimulus Relations: Discrimination Learning and Transposition focuses on the processes, methodologies, and approaches involved in discrimination learning and transposition.
The book first offers information on stimulus equivalence, transposition of paradigms, and the transposition and relation perception problems. The manuscript then examines measurement, training, subject, and test variables. Topics include stimulus and procedural variables, effect of direction of transposition test, phylogenetic comparisons, concept knowledge, and speed of original learning.
The publication elaborates on form transposition, including transposition of visual forms and the meaning of form and form transposition. The text then takes a look at relational and absolute theories, summary of findings and evaluation of theories, and outline of a theory of transposition. Discussions focus on assumptions and basic deductions, effect of absolute stimulus components, effect of noticing change in stimuli from training to test, and stimulus similarity.
The book is a valuable source of data for readers interested in discrimination learning and transposition.

Preface

Part I: Introduction

Chapter 1. Introduction

The Problem of Relation Perception

The Transposition Problem

Stimulus Equivalence

The Transposition Paradigms

Overview

Part II: Studies of Unidimensional Transposition

Chapter 2. Measurement

Theoretical Considerations

Empirical Considerations

Conclusions

Chapter 3. Training Variables

Stimulus Variables

Procedural Variables

Chapter 4. Test Variables

Disruptive Effects of the Tests

Delay

Distance

Effect of Direction of Transposition Test

Multiple Tests

Chapter 5. Subject Variables

Effect of Noticing Change in Stimuli from Training to Test

Speed of Original Learning

Concept Knowledge

Age

Intelligence

Sex Differences

Phylogenetic Comparisons

Chapter 6. Absolute versus Relative Discrimination Problems

The Standard Absolute and Relative Problems

Other Kinds of Absolute and Relative Problems

Conclusion

Part III: Studies of Multidimensional Transposition

Chapter 7. Form Transposition

The Meaning of Form

The Meaning of Form Transposition

The Transposition of Visual Forms

Other Kinds of Form Transposition

Part IV: Theories of Transposition

Chapter 8. Relational Theories

Background

Gestalt Theory

Configuration Theory

Ratio Theory

Adaptation Level Theories

Mediation Theory

Hunter's Configuration Theory

Chapter 9. Absolute Theories

Spence's Theories

Generalization Theory

Neural Theories

Sensationistic Theories

Other Solutions

Chapter 10. Summary of Findings and Evaluation of Theories

Two-Stimulus versus Intermediate-Stimulus Problems

Measurement

Stimulus Similarity

Asymmetrical Stimulus Sets

Effect of Absolute Stimulus Components

Amount of Original Training

Reward

Multiple-Problem Training

Opportunity for Comparison

Disruptive Effects of the Tests

Delay

Distance

Effect of Direction of Transposition Test

Multiple Tests

Effect of Noticing Change in Stimuli from Training to Test

Speed of Original Learning

Concept Knowledge

Age

Intelligence

Sex Differences

Phylogenetic Comparisons

Absolute versus Relative Discrimination Problems

Form Transposition

Chapter 11. Outline of a New Theory of Transposition

Assumptions and Basic Deductions

Other Deductions

Multiple-Problem Training

Summary and Concluding Remarks

Bibliography and Author Index

Subject Index