▪ Abstract Theories of associative learning are concerned with the factors that govern
association formation when two stimuli are presented together. In this article we review the …

▪ Abstract The scientific study of associative learning began nearly 100 years ago with the
pioneering studies of Thorndike and Pavlov, and it continues today as an active area of …

This book reviews how people and animals learn and how their behaviors are later changed
as a result of this learning. Nearly all of our behaviors are influenced by prior learning …

In recent years, acquisition-deficit accounts of cue competition (eg, Rescorla & Wagner,
1972) have been challenged by expression-deficit accounts of cue competition (eg, the …

Similarities between Pavlovian conditioning in nonhumans and causal judgment by humans
suggest that similar processes operate in these situations. Notably absent among the …

Retrospective revaluation of causal judgments was investigated in a 2-stage procedure. In
the 1st stage, compounds of 2 cues were associated with the outcome, whereas in the 2nd …

In three experiments that used appetitive preparations with rats, we examined the effects of
reinforcing a compound consisting of two previously reinforced stimuli on subsequent …

Four experiments with rat subjects examined the effects of contextual conditioning on
conditioned appetitive performance. Experiment 1 compared the effects of contextual …

Many researchers have noted the similarities between causal judgment in humans and
Pavlovian conditioning in animals One recently noted discrepancy between these two forms …

In 4 conditioned lick suppression experiments with rats, the combined effects of latent
inhibition treatment followed by overshadowing treatment were assessed as a test of the …