Stimulus Class Formation in Humans and Animals (eBook)

P.M. Smeets, T.R. Zentall (Herausgeber)

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1996 | 1. Auflage
308 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-054179-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Stimulus class formation has been studied independently by two groups of researchers. One group has come out of a learning theory approach, while the second has developed out of a behavior analytic tradition. The purpose of the present volume is to further establish the ties between these two research areas while allowing for differences in approach to the questions asked. The book is loosely organized around four themes. The first two sections deal with what constitutes functional and equivalence classes in animals and humans. In the third section, the authors attempt to identify stimulus control variables that contribute to the formation of equivalences classes. The last section deals with the complex issue of the role of verbal behavior in equivalence classes. The goal of the book is to provide the reader with a better understanding of the current state of research and theory in stimulus class formation. It is also hoped that it will stimulate research into how and under what conditions, stimulus classes can form.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Stimulus Class Formation in Humans and Animals 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 10
Preface 6
Part I: Introduction 12
Chapter 1. On the Origins of Behavior Structure 14
Part II: Functional and Equivalence Classes in Animals 24
Chapter 2. An Analysis of Stimulus Class Formation in Animals 26
Chapter 3. Stimulus Generalization and Hierarchical Structure in Categorization by Animals 46
Chapter 4. Acquired Equivalences and Mediated Generalization in Pigeon's Matching-to-Sample 66
Chapter 5. Categorical Class Formation by an African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) 82
Part III: Functional and Equivalence Classes in Humans 102
Chapter 6. Derived Stimulus Control: Are there Differences among Procedures and Processes 104
Chapter 7. Mediating Associations, Essentialism, and Nonsimilarity-Based Categorization 122
Part IV: Equivalence Classes: Stimulus Control Variables 146
Chapter 8. Stimulus Classes and the Untrained Acquisition of Stimulus Functions 148
Chapter 9. New Procedures for Establishing Emergent Matching Performances in Children and Adults: Implications for Stimulus Equivalence 164
Chapter 10. Stimulus Equivalence: A Class of Correlations or a Correlation of Classes 184
Chapter 11. Implications of a Stimulus Control Topography Analysis for Emergent Behavior and Stimulus Classes 208
Part V: Equivalence Classes: Verbal Behavior 230
Chapter 12. Naming and the Formation of Stimulus Classes 232
Chapter 13. Controlling Factors in Conditional Discriminations and Tests of Equivalence 264
Chapter 14. Stimulus Classes and Stimulus Relations: Arbitrary Applicable Relational Responding as an Operant 290
Author Index 312
Subject Index 320

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.10.1996
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Test in der Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-08-054179-8 / 0080541798
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-054179-2 / 9780080541792