Cullinan, Veronica A. and Barnes-Holmes, Dermot and Smeets, Paul M.
(2000)
A precursor to the relational evaluation procedure: Analyzing stimulus equivalence II.
The Psychological record, 50.
pp. 467-492.
ISSN 0033-2933
Abstract
A series of experiments examined the precursor to the
relational evaluation procedure (pREP). The pREP is capable of
facilitating derived relational responding, but it is less effective than
matching-to-sample (MTS) in producing equivalence class
formation. Part 1 of the present study tested possible reasons for
the inferiority of the. pREP relative to MTS. The first two
experiments compared the performances of subjects on two
modified versions of the pREP with their performances on a
simultaneous MTS procedure. The modifications did not improve
performances on the pREP. Experiment 3 compared the pREP
with a delayed MTS procedure but again MTS was more effective
than the pREP in producing equivalence. Part 2 of the study
determined whether pREP equivalence responding could be
facilitated by preexposing subjects to a history of MTS training and
testing. In Experiment 4, subjects were trained and tested on a
MTS procedure until they reliably produced both symmetry and
equivalence, and were then exposed to pREP training and testing
using the same stimuli, and relations among stimuli, as employed
for the MTS procedure. Following this, subjects were exposed to
pREP training and testing using novel stimuli. All subjects reliably
produced both symmetry and equivalence responding on the
pREP with both familiar arid novel stimuli. Experiment 5
determined whether using the same stimulus sets across the two
procedures was necessary. Results showed that if symmetry and
equivalence were shown on a MTS procedure followed
immediately by pREP training and testing using novel stimuli, only
2 out of 4 subjects successfully demonstrated both symmetry and
equivalence using the latter procedure.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
precursor; relational; evaluation; procedure; Analyzing; stimulus; equivalence; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology |
| Item ID: |
14757 |
| Depositing User: |
Prof. Dermot Barnes-Holmes
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| Date Deposited: |
06 Sep 2021 15:27 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
The Psychological record |
| Publisher: |
Springer Verlag |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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