Summary. —This study determined whether the magnitude of a lateral displacement of a generalization gradient was a function of number of training ttials. The results showed that (a) when Ss were trained in the absence of a light, introduction of the light on generalization-test trials displaced the gradient toward the weaker sound intensities, and (b) the magnitude of this effect was independent of number of training trials.
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