Evaluative conditioning is a qualitatively distinct form of classical conditioning: a reply to Davey (1994).

Is evaluative conditioning a qualitatively distinct form of classical conditioning?

This paper contains a critical review of the claim that evaluative conditioning (EC) represents a theoretically distinct form of classical conditioning. A review of the evidence suggests that: (i) while it is claimed that EC can occur without awareness, EC studies have either adopted inappropriate statistical comparisons to demonstrate this or have failed to use the control conditions necessary...

The evaluative response: primitive but necessary.

We do not believe the claim that "evaluative conditioning is a qualitatively distinct form of classical conditioning" [Davey (1994). Behaviour Research and Therapy, 32, 291-299]. We view all classical conditioning as a learning process which leads organisms to assign a positive or negative value to previously neutral stimuli and to respond to them accordingly. The evaluative response is a neces...

Evaluative conditioning is pavlovian conditioning: issues of definition, measurement, and the theoretical importance of contingency awareness

In her commentary of Field (1999), Hammerl (1999) has drawn attention to several interesting points concerning the issue of contingency awareness in evaluative conditioning. First, she comments on several contentious issues arising from Field's review of the evaluative conditioning literature, second she critiques the data from his pilot study and finally she argues the case that EC is a distin...

Evaluative conditioning: Arte-fact or -fiction

Providing a Bird Swarm Algorithm based on Classical Conditioning Learning Behavior and Comparing this Algorithm with sinDE, JOA, NPSO and D-PSO-C Based on Using in Nanoscience

There can be no doubt that nanotechnology will play a major role in our futuretechnology. Computer science offers more opportunities for quantum andnanotechnology systems. Soft Computing techniques such as swarm intelligence, canenable systems with desirable emergent properties. Optimization is an important anddecisive activity in structural designing. The inexpensive re...