A study in overlearning with human subjects.
Institution: | McGill University |
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Department: | Department of Psychology. |
Degree: | MS. |
Year: | 1951 |
Keywords: | Psychology. |
Record ID: | 1560434 |
Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile118936.pdf |
The present experiment is an attempt to show how conditions that lead to a fixated response may account for some contradictory results in learning experiments. More specifically, it will be shown that overlearning fixates a response in terms of its kinesthetic-motor pattern so that a fixated response will not readily give way to more appropriate behavior under experimental conditions that require a change in the kinesthetic-motor response. [...]