Evaluative Conditioning is Insensitive to Blocking
<span>Evaluative conditioning has been claimed to have a number of functional characteristics that set it apart from other forms of associative learning in humans, such as insensitivity to extinction and contingency, independence of contingency awareness, and insensitivity to modulation. Despi...
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doaj-1897ac735e264916897d2b35e3dc61292020-11-24T23:27:10ZengUbiquity PressPsychologica Belgica0033-28792054-670X2009-01-01491415710.5334/pb-49-1-4197Evaluative Conditioning is Insensitive to BlockingTom Beckers0Pascale de Vicq1Frank Baeyens2Department of Psychology, University of AmsterdamDepartment of Psychology, Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenDepartment of Psychology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven<span>Evaluative conditioning has been claimed to have a number of functional characteristics that set it apart from other forms of associative learning in humans, such as insensitivity to extinction and contingency, independence of contingency awareness, and insensitivity to modulation. Despite its potential theoretical importance, until now few data are available concerning the susceptibility of evaluative conditioning to cue competition effects such as blocking. In the present study, we assessed the susceptibility of acquired preferences and evaluations to blocking in a candy game. Results suggest that evaluative conditioning is not susceptible to blocking. We discuss this observation in the light of theoretical accounts of evaluative conditioning and associative learning in humans.</span>http://www.psychologicabelgica.com/articles/97 |
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<span>Evaluative conditioning has been claimed to have a number of functional characteristics that set it apart from other forms of associative learning in humans, such as insensitivity to extinction and contingency, independence of contingency awareness, and insensitivity to modulation. Despite its potential theoretical importance, until now few data are available concerning the susceptibility of evaluative conditioning to cue competition effects such as blocking. In the present study, we assessed the susceptibility of acquired preferences and evaluations to blocking in a candy game. Results suggest that evaluative conditioning is not susceptible to blocking. We discuss this observation in the light of theoretical accounts of evaluative conditioning and associative learning in humans.</span> |
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