. Behavior monographs. Animal behavior. 42 RUTLEDGE T. WILTBANK (see pp. 34 ff.)- As was there pointed out, it is the errors made in the blind alleys during the finst few trials which become fixed and constitute the chief obstacle which the animal has to overcome in order to learn the maze. The transfer is negative prior to the change of mazes after the sixteenth trial for the reason that the factors making for positive transfer, and particularly the practise in error- ZTria/s in S' lifter 4 Tria/s /Jfter f Tria/s t6 rrtefs ^ /ifter Com/t/efB Learnirrg o^ £ Percentages of Transfer of Thf/r?/n
. Behavior monographs. Animal behavior. 42 RUTLEDGE T. WILTBANK (see pp. 34 ff.)- As was there pointed out, it is the errors made in the blind alleys during the finst few trials which become fixed and constitute the chief obstacle which the animal has to overcome in order to learn the maze. The transfer is negative prior to the change of mazes after the sixteenth trial for the reason that the factors making for positive transfer, and particularly the practise in error- ZTria/s in S' lifter 4 Tria/s /Jfter f Tria/s t6 rrtefs ^ /ifter Com/t/efB Learnirrg o^ £ Percentages of Transfer of Thf/r?/n^ trf Orotps Leafnin^ the D A^^ze after the Partj^a/ Leofrning of tiie ⬠Aiaze on the Bas/s of the /lyera^e Total /dumber of Zrrors ancf the /^yenff^e TotisJ T/me per Pat TrjaJs Errors __ . ^ Time . â â â ". /V<S,/5? elimination, do not gain the ascendency over the negative tendencies until the latter stage of the learning process. Concerning the factors making for positive transfer, we may assert with confidence that the kinaesthetic habits tending to impel the animal into the blind alleys are formed at the beginning of the learning-process, and that the practise in error-elimination does not exert its beneficent effect until the latter part of the process; but we cannot. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Baltimore [etc. ], William & Wilkins Co. [etc. ]
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