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    The Function Acquisition Speed Test (FAST): a Behavior Analytic Implicit Test for Assessing Stimulus Relations


    O'Reilly, Anthony, Roche, Bryan, Ruiz, Maria R., 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

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    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: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/6812
    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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