If, on the other hand, reinforcements happen to occur relatively infrequently in the presence of A, a discrimination will develop in the opposite direction, as the result of which the rate in the presence of A will be relatively low—a sort of negative sensory superstition. (p. 576)
Cumulative Record. Chapter 41: A Second Type of “Superstition” in the Pigeon. Quote 2
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