THE FORMATION OF VISUAL STIMULUS EQUIVALENCES IN CHILDREN
THE FORMATION OF VISUAL STIMULUS EQUIVALENCES IN CHILDREN
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DOI:
10.1901/jeab.1984.41-251
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
SANCHEZ, L
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作者:
LAZAR, RM;DAVISLANG, D;SANCHEZ, L
Four normal children were presented a series of matching-to-sample tasks, using 5 sets of visual stimuli designated a, b, c, d and e. Stimulus equivalences were established by matching stimuli from 1 set to those from another set. Each set consisted of 3 stimuli so matching set a to set d meant that each stimulus in set a served as a sample with all 3 stimuli in set d as comparisons. Subjects were first taught ad and dc matching and were then able to perform ac/ca matching without additional training. After ed was taught directly, ce/ec and ae/ea performances emerged. Following cb training, 3 new equivalences were demonstrated: ab/ba, eb/be and db/bd. Oral naming of each stimulus showed that subjects had not assigned a common label to stimuli in the same class indicating that naming is not necessary for the formation of stimulus equivalences. The absence of response mediation suggests that matching to sample can form direct stimulus-stimulus associations. Apparently, generative performances are outcomes of existing stimulus-control relationships.