Training and testing parameters in formation of stimulus equivalence: Methodological issues

E Arntzen - European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Research on stimulus equivalence has been prominent for more than 40 years in behavior
analysis. The present article will focus on issues related to methodological considerations in …

Effects of a meaningful, a discriminative, and a meaningless stimulus on equivalence class formation

L Fields, E Arntzen, RK Nartey… - Journal of the …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Thirty college students attempted to form three 3‐node 5‐member equivalence classes
under the simultaneous protocol. After concurrent training of AB, BC, CD, and DE relations …

The effects of different training structures in the establishment of conditional discriminations and subsequent performance on tests for stimulus equivalence

E Arntzen, T Grondahl, C Eilifsen - The Psychological Record, 2010 - Springer
Previous studies comparing groups of subjects have indicated differential probabilities of
stimulus equivalence outcome as a function of training structures. One-to-Many (OTM) and …

More complex incidental bidirectional naming results from exposure alone

K Kleinert‐Ventresca, RD Greer… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Incidental bidirectional naming (Inc‐BiN) has been defined as a verbal
developmental cusp whereby children demonstrate learning the names of things as listener …

Training intraverbal naming to establish equivalence class performances

ML Ma, CF Miguel, AM Jennings - Journal of the Experimental …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this three‐experiment study was to evaluate whether performance consistent
with the formation of equivalence classes could be established after training adults to tact …

A mediational theory of equivalence relations and transformation of function

HD Schlinger Jr, E Blakely - Journal of the Experimental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we describe a mediational theory of emergent or derived relations resulting
from matching‐to‐sample procedures that produce equivalence and transformation of …

Training structures and the formation of equivalence classes

E Arntzen, S Hansen - European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Different training structures have produced different outcomes of equivalence yields when
using a simultaneous training protocol. According to the discrimination analysis by RR …

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➔ …

Descriptive analyses of relations among bidirectional naming, arbitrary, and nonarbitrary relations

GA Morgan, RD Greer, DM Fienup - The Psychological Record, 2021 - Springer
Bidirectional naming (BiN) as a verbal developmental cusp and derived relational
responding as a phenomenon have been used to explain the accelerated rate in word …

Training and testing music skills in a boy with autism using a matching‐to‐sample format

E Arntzen, LB Halstadtro, E Bjerke… - … Interventions: Theory & …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
A 16‐year old boy with autism was taught music skills using a matching to sample
procedure. He was trained and subsequently tested for the formation of four 4‐member …