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A high rate and a near-zero rate of response of one monkey were successively reversed as the occasion for reinforcement and nonreinforcement of another monkey. Both rates of response were discriminated by the second monkey. The acquisition of the later discriminations in the sequence of reversals was more rapid than the earlier discriminations. These results indicate that a wide range of rates of response may serve as social stimuli and that the learning-set (learning-to-learning) phenomenon appears to be relevant to social as well as nonsocial episodes.
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This research was supported in part by the Long Beach State College Research Foundation.
The authors wish to thank Lance Johnson who helped conduct the experimental sessions, Dave Stark for his technical assistance, and Dr. S. J. Weiss for his suggestions prior to the experiment.
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Danson, C., Creed, T. Successive reversals of a visual social stimulus. Psychon Sci 22, 283–285 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335957
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