O'Reilly, Anthony and Roche, Bryan and Ruiz, Maria R. and Tyndall, Ian T. and Gavin, Amanda (2012) The Function Acquisition Speed Test (FAST): a Behavior Analytic Implicit Test for Assessing Stimulus Relations. The Psychological record, 62 (3). pp. 507-528. ISSN 0033-2933

Preview

Download (426kB) | Preview

Abstract

Subjects completed a baseline stimulus matching procedure designed to produce two symmetrical stimulus relations; A1–B1 and A2–B2. Using A1, B1, and two novel stimuli, subjects were then trained to produce a common keypress response for two stimuli and a second key-press response for two further stimuli across two blocks of response training. During one block, the reinforcement contingencies were consistent with baseline relations (i.e., A1 and B1 shared a response function), whereas during the other block they were not. Thirteen of 18 subjects who completed the procedure showed a response class acquisition rate differential across the two test blocks in the predicted direction. It is suggested that this procedure may serve as a behavior analytic alternative to popular implicit tests. It provides a nonrelative measure of stimulus association strength and may display superior procedural implicitness over other tests.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	FAST; Function Acquisition Speed Test; Implicit Association Test; Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure; implicit cognition;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology
Item ID:	6812
Depositing User:	Dr. Bryan Roche
Date Deposited:	15 Jan 2016 10:29
Journal or Publication Title:	The Psychological record
Publisher:	Springer Verlag
Refereed:	Yes
URI:
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

Repository Staff Only(login required)

Item control page

Downloads

Origin of downloads