ABSTRACT
There are a number of excellent reviews of the autoshaping literature. The earliest review was the influential monograph of Hearst & Jenkins (1974) which, in particular, details the similarities between autoshaping and “ feature effects” in instrumental discrimination learning. The review paper by Schwartz and Gamzu (1977) explores the possibility that autoshaping may mediate behavioral contrast. Several excellent reviews of the sign-tracking literature have appeared more re cently (Buzsaki, 1982; Davis & Hurwitz, 1977; Dickinson & Boakes, 1979); moreover, there is now an excellent book relating autoshaping to conditioning theory (Locurto, Terrace, & Gibbon, 1981).
