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  • Title: Stimulus generalization as a function of stimulus novelty and familiarity in rats.
    Author: Honey RC.
    Journal: J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Process; 1990 Apr; 16(2):178-84. PubMed ID: 2335771.
    Abstract:
    Three experiments used rats as subjects to investigate the generalization of conditioned responding between stimuli as a function of the subjects' exposure to these cues prior to conditioning. Experiment 1 used a between-subjects design, food as the reinforcer, and measured the tendency of subjects to approach the site of food delivery during the stimuli. Generalization of this response was more marked when the training and test stimuli were equated in terms of their novelty (i.e., when both were novel or both were familiar) than when the stimuli differed in this respect (i.e., when one was novel and the other was familiar). Experiments 2a and 2b used within-subjects designs to confirm the reliability of the results of Experiment 1. Implications of these results for current theories of stimulus representation are discussed.
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