The experiment was an attempt to gain a more precise understanding of the temporal relation between the development of analytic units and equivalence relations. Two prompting procedures were used during training to pinpoint when eight subjects learned the conditional discriminations. Near simultaneous presentation of probe and training trials allowed for examination of the temporal relation between conditional discrimination acquisition and derived performances on stimulus equivalence probes. The data show that, for seven of eight subjects, a decreased reliance on prompts was coincident with the development of equivalence-consistent choices on either all or some probe trials, which suggests that the development of analytic units is sufficient to give rise to equivalence relations among stimuli.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc30515 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Swisher, Melissa J. |
| Contributors | Vaidya, Manish, Cihon, Traci, Ingvarsson, Einar, Smith, Richard G. (Richard Gordon), 1956- |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | vi, 48 p. : ill., Text |
| Rights | Public, Copyright, Swisher, Melissa J., Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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