STIMULUS CLASSES:: IMPLICATIONS FOR A BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS OF COGNITION

• Autor(a) principal: C. de Rose, Júlio
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Psicologia (Universidade de Brasília. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/17219
• topic: Classes de estímulos; Equivalência de estímulos; Conceitos; Pensamento; Significado; Stimulus classes; Stimulus equivalence; Concepts; Thinking; Meaning

According to Borges, to think is to forget differences. Thisrequires the ability to form stimulus classes, relating unique objects, eventsor qualities. Stimulus classes may be formed on the basis of physicalsimilarity or common attributes, or they may be formed on the basis ofarbitrary relations between stimuli. Some types of arbitrary relations maygive rise to equivalence relations between stimuli. Equivalence relationsgenerate emergent behaviors, so that the individual learns more than has been explicitly taught. Functions directly acquired by a stimulus maytransi er to equivalent stimuli. Stimulus equivalence and transfer of functionsvary according to the context and underlie meaning comprehension. Researchon stimulus equivalence has contributed to the development ofprocedures to produce emergent performances in educational settings(such as learning to read) with mentally retarded individuais or children withlearning difficulties.