Mediation and Conceptual Behavior

摘要: Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on mediation and conceptual behavior. The concept of mediation, can be, often is, assigned to any position that assumes there are intervening physiological or theoretical processes operating between an organism's environment his also presents the experimental analysis reversal-shift behavior with rats humans at a wide range developmental stages. Experimental results suggestes single-link continuity type discrimination learning theory could account for rats' shift In case humans, younger child; more likely he is behave in accordance analysis. order explain ability organisms execute rapid reversal shifts respond manner optional-shift technique, S-R (Stimulus-Response) mediational formulation has been proposed, which environmental stimulus (S) evokes implicit response (r), turn produces (s) overt (R) becomes associated. attempt isolate some characteristics representational facilitates execution shift, it found that: (1) associative strength, as measured by word-association norms, two responses best minimal effect behavior, (2) economical forms representing category words facilitate shifts.