Changing racial bias by transfer of functions in equivalence classes

TM Mizael, JH de Almeida, CC Silveira… - The Psychological …, 2016 - Springer
Several studies used the stimulus equivalence paradigm to investigate attitudes toward
socially relevant stimuli. In one of these studies, de Carvalho and de Rose (The …

Understanding racial attitudes through the stimulus equivalence paradigm

MP de Carvalho, JC de Rose - The Psychological Record, 2014 - Springer
The present study investigated racial attitudes among children by means of the equivalence
class paradigm. Four children that, during a pre-test with a matching-to-sample task …

Maintenance of stimulus equivalence classes: A bibliographic review

A Regaço, HR Zapparoli, NM Aggio, MV Silveira… - The Psychological …, 2023 - Springer
Stimulus equivalence paradigm has been used to investigate symbolic behavior over the
last 50 years. Still, little attention has been directed in the study of equivalence classes …

Relational density theory: Nonlinearity of equivalence relating examined through higher-order volumetric-mass-density

J Belisle, MR Dixon - Perspectives on Behavior Science, 2020 - Springer
We propose relational density theory, as an integration of stimulus equivalence and
behavioral momentum theory, to predict the nonlinearity of equivalence responding of verbal …

Investigating the impact of stimulus equivalence on children's food choice and preference

SL Santos, JCC Rose - Trends in Psychology, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
This study investigated the influence of character on food's choices. Eleven preschool
children were trained to form two equivalent stimulus classes, each comprising one a …

On the effectiveness of including meaningful pictures in the formation of equivalence classes

E Arntzen, J Mensah - Journal of the Experimental Analysis of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In three experiments, 165 adult participants were trained on 12 baseline conditional
discriminations and tested for the formation of three 5‐member equivalence classes (A➔ B➔ …

Procedural parameters in equivalence‐based instruction with individuals diagnosed with autism: A call for systematic research

LA Shawler, KN Zhelezoglo… - Journal of applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Equivalence‐based instruction (EBI) is an efficient and efficacious methodology to establish
equivalence classes that has been used to teach various academic skills to neurotypical …

Emotional faces in symbolic relations: A happiness superiority effect involving the equivalence paradigm

R Bortoloti, RV De Almeida, JOH De Almeida… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The stimulus equivalence paradigm presented operational criteria to identify symbolic
functions in observable behaviors. When humans match dissimilar stimuli (eg, words to …

The transfer of Cfunc contextual control through equivalence relations

WF Perez, AP Fidalgo, R Kovac… - Journal of the …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Derived relational responding is affected by contextual stimuli (Cfunc) that select specific
stimulus functions. The present study investigated the transfer of Cfunc contextual control …

Comparison of mastery criteria applied to individual targets and stimulus sets on acquisition of tacts, intraverbals, and listener responses

MC Cordeiro, T Kodak, J Reidy… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mastery criteria can be applied to individual targets or stimuli organized into sets. Wong et
al.(2021) and Wong and Fienup (2022) found that participants who received special …