ABSTRACT
This chapter examines several differences between Konorski's views and those of some other writers, especially with respect to basic associative elements, contiguity, and reinforcement. More complete summaries and empirical evaluations of related issues can be found in Mackintosh. It summarizes Konorski's views on classical conditioning, compare them with other significant alternatives, and evaluate them in the context of some contemporary research on the topic. Konorski's treatment of classical conditioning differs from several influential Western approaches to the topic. One general difference involves his view that such conditioning is merely a special case of the learning of interperceptive (S-S) associations and that the overt behaviors that develop during classical conditioning reflect the associative process rather than constitute basic elements of it. The chapter explains stimulus substitution in author's discussion of some contemporary research on autoshaping. It discusses the relevance of Konorski's concept of parasitic reinforcement for understanding of some recent findings on the Pavlovian conditioning of directed movements.
