Invariants and Information Pickup in The Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems: Implications for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

IF 1.8 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Ecological Psychology Pub Date : 2017-07-03 DOI:10.1080/10407413.2017.1332460

P. Covarrubias, Felipe Cabrera, Á. Jiménez

引用次数: 7

Abstract

ABSTRACT Although Gibson focused his agenda on the study of perception and Skinner on learning as contingencies of reinforcement, they shared a nonrepresentational approach. We propose that the ecological concept of invariants developed in Gibson's book The Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems (1966) could underlie Skinner's notion of contingencies of reinforcement as environmental opportunities for behaving. The proposal is divided in 3 parts: the concept of stimulus for perception, the role of the notion of invariants in the operant contingency, and the information for perception and behavior. We conclude that approximating contingencies of reinforcement as instances of environmental invariants can be fruitful for studying a number of phenomena within the context of operant conditioning.

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被视为感知系统的感觉中的不变量和信息拾取：对行为实验分析的启示

摘要尽管吉布森的议程集中在感知的研究上，斯金纳的议程则集中在作为强化偶然事件的学习上，但他们都有一种非表象的方法。我们提出，吉布森的《被视为感知系统的感觉》（1966）一书中提出的不变量的生态学概念可能是斯金纳将强化的偶然性视为行为的环境机会的概念的基础。该建议分为三个部分：感知刺激的概念，不变量概念在操作偶然性中的作用，以及感知和行为的信息。我们得出的结论是，将强化的偶然性近似为环境不变量的实例，对于在操作条件作用的背景下研究许多现象来说是富有成效的。

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来源期刊

Ecological Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-

CiteScore

3.30

自引率

10.50%

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期刊介绍： This unique journal publishes original articles that contribute to the understanding of psychological and behavioral processes as they occur within the ecological constraints of animal-environment systems. It focuses on problems of perception, action, cognition, communication, learning, development, and evolution in all species, to the extent that those problems derive from a consideration of whole animal-environment systems, rather than animals or their environments in isolation from each other. Significant contributions may come from such diverse fields as human experimental psychology, developmental/social psychology, animal behavior, human factors, fine arts, communication, computer science, philosophy, physical education and therapy, speech and hearing, and vision research.