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    A Transformation of Functions in Accordance with the Nonarbitrary Relational Properties of Sexual Stimuli


    Roche, Bryan and Dymond, Simon (2008) A Transformation of Functions in Accordance with the Nonarbitrary Relational Properties of Sexual Stimuli. The Psychological record, 58 (1). pp. 71-94. ISSN 0033-2933

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    Abstract

    In two experiments, researchers examined the transformation of the nonarbitrary properties of sexual stimuli in accordance with multiple stimulus relations. First, simple discrimination and free-operant procedures were used to present small, medium, or large sexually explicit images. Contextual functions of “More than” and “Less than” were then established for two cues by using a relational pretraining procedure. Next, a linear-series conditional discrimination training design was used to train and test for the formation of three, three-member equivalence relations. Then, emergent relations of More than and Less than were tested among the stimuli. The nonarbitrary relations of More than and Less than obtaining among the sexual stimuli were arbitrarily applied to all equivalence relations and the discriminative stimuli. These findings may have implications for contemporary behavioral sex research in demonstrating that stimuli may acquire sexual and relational functions through their participation in complex relational networks.

    Item Type: Article
    Additional Information: Cite as: Roche, B. & Dymond, S. Psychol Rec (2008) 58: 71. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03395604
    Keywords: Nonarbitrary Relational Properties; Sexual Stimuli;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology
    Item ID: 10655
    Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03395604
    Depositing User: Dr. Bryan Roche
    Date Deposited: 27 Mar 2019 14:41
    Journal or Publication Title: The Psychological record
    Publisher: Springer Verlag
    Refereed: Yes
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    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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