Table 3.
Mean percentage and standard deviation of non-complementary confusion errors for all 4 nonreinforced categories for 8 birds in Experiment 1 (chance level at 33%). Note that non-complementary S−s do not come from the same category as the S+s.
Reinforced category | Nonreinforced Category | |||||||
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Car | Chair | Flower | Person | |||||
M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |
Car | -- | -- | 26.0! | 4.4 | 33.3 | 7.1 | 40.7 | 10.9 |
Chair | 21.0! | 4.4 | -- | -- | 45.6* | 11.0 | 33.4 | 8.8 |
Flower | 21.6! | 3.8 | 43.0* | 7.7 | -- | -- | 35.4 | 9.8 |
Person | 29.1 | 7.7 | 34.3 | 4.7 | 36.6 | 5.7 | -- | -- |
Significantly above chance, two-tailed t-test, n = 8, p < 0.05
Significantly below chance, two-tailed t-test, n = 8, p < 0.05