A transformation of respondently conditioned stimulus function in accordance with arbitrarily applicable relations

Article Abstract:

An analogue study comprised of four experiments was conducted to determine the transformation-of-function effect of stimuli in accordance with equivalence relations. Results demonstrate that an eliciting function can transform in accordance with arbitrarily applicable relations even without the presence of complex and detailed spoken or written instructions. This study can be useful in the analysis of human sexual behavior, providing a baseline for constructing behavior-analytic principles accounted for human sexuality. The study can also be used to develop a theoretical framework for treating sexual disorders.

Sex (Psychology), Sexuality

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Incongruous stimulus pairing and conditional discrimination training: effects on relational responding

Article Abstract:

Stimulus pairing and conditional discrimination experiments conducted on 50 subjects found that matching-to-sample performances were directly related to training and testing. One experiment showed that a test administered after training resulted in persistent control despite repeated conditional discrimination contingencies. Another demonstrated the possibility of increasing the sensitivity of equivalence response to incongrous contingencies within a laboratory.

Behavior modification, Stimulus compounding

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A transformation of self-discrimination response functions in accordance with the arbitrarily applicable relations of sameness, more than, and less than

Article Abstract:

Experiments on the self-discrimination response functions in accordance to sameness, more than and less than relations, indicate that all the subjects exhibit a transformation of functions during the first exposure to the tests. The responses are due to trained relations rather than the additional feedback provided by repeated training and testing. The results indicate the use of a relational frames approach to explain the derived stimulus relations.

Analysis, Human behavior

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