Smeets, Paul M. and Barnes-Holmes, Dermot and Roche, Bryan (2001) Derived Stimulus-Response and Stimulus-Stimulus Relations in Children and Adults: Assessing Training Order Effects. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 78 (2). pp. 130-154. ISSN 0022-0965

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Preschool children and adults received training on three sets of successive discriminations: (1) A1-R1,A2-R2, (2) B1-R1,B2-R2, and (3) A1-R3,A2-R4. Then they received tests assessing derived stimulus–response relations (B1-R3, B2-R4) and stimulus–stimulus relations (e.g., A1-B1, A2-B2). Four training protocols were used. The protocols differed with regard to the order in which the sets were trained: Many-To-One (1-2-3), One-To-Many-1 (1-3-2), One-To-Many-2 (3-1-2), and One-To-One (3-2-1 or 2-3-1). The adults displayed class-consistent B-R and A-B performances over all conditions. The children displayed class consistent B-R performances more often in Many-To-One and One-To-Many than in One-To-One. Their A-B performances were highly consistent with the trained A-R and tested B-R performances. Present findings are consistent with the stimulus equivalence account rather than with the mediated response account.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	children; adults; mediated generalization; stimulus equivalence; generalized conditional responding;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology
Item ID:	10678
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1006/jecp.2000.2563
Depositing User:	Dr. Bryan Roche
Date Deposited:	03 Apr 2019 13:31
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Publisher:	Elsevier
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	https://www.sciencedirect.com
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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