Overtraining increases the strength of equivalence relations

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Autor(a) principal: Bortoloti,Renato
Data de Publicação: 2013
Outros Autores: Rodrigues,Naomi Cristina, Cortez,Mariéle Diniz, Pimentel,Naiene, Rose,Julio C. de
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Psychology & Neuroscience (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1983-32882013000300013
Resumo: The present study investigated whether overtraining of the conditional discriminations that are the prerequisites of equivalence class formation strengthens the relations among stimuli in an equivalence class. Two groups of college students formed equivalence classes that consisted of faces that expressed emotions (A) and arbitrary stimuli (B, C, D, and E). The overtraining group had twice as many training trials as the regular training group. For participants who formed equivalence classes, relational strength was evaluated by the generalization of expressed emotions from the A to the D stimuli, which was measured using a semantic differential. An untrained control group showed semantic differential scores that were positive for happy faces, negative for angry faces, and neutral for the D stimuli. For the experimental groups, the D stimuli, when included in equivalence classes, produced scores that were similar to those produced by the equivalent faces. The overtraining group, however, had average values closer to the values of the faces than the regular training group. These results indicate that the amount of training is an experimental parameter that influences the strength of relations between stimuli that are found to be equivalent in matching-to-sample tests.
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spelling Overtraining increases the strength of equivalence relationsstimulus equivalencerelatedness of stimuliovertrainingstrength of conditional relationsThe present study investigated whether overtraining of the conditional discriminations that are the prerequisites of equivalence class formation strengthens the relations among stimuli in an equivalence class. Two groups of college students formed equivalence classes that consisted of faces that expressed emotions (A) and arbitrary stimuli (B, C, D, and E). The overtraining group had twice as many training trials as the regular training group. For participants who formed equivalence classes, relational strength was evaluated by the generalization of expressed emotions from the A to the D stimuli, which was measured using a semantic differential. An untrained control group showed semantic differential scores that were positive for happy faces, negative for angry faces, and neutral for the D stimuli. For the experimental groups, the D stimuli, when included in equivalence classes, produced scores that were similar to those produced by the equivalent faces. The overtraining group, however, had average values closer to the values of the faces than the regular training group. These results indicate that the amount of training is an experimental parameter that influences the strength of relations between stimuli that are found to be equivalent in matching-to-sample tests.Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de JaneiroUniversidade de BrasíliaUniversidade de São Paulo2013-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1983-32882013000300013Psychology & Neuroscience v.6 n.3 2013reponame:Psychology & Neuroscience (Online)instname:Instituto Brasileiro de Neuropsicologia e Comportamento (IBNeC)instacron:PUCRJ10.3922/j.psns.2013.3.13info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBortoloti,RenatoRodrigues,Naomi CristinaCortez,Mariéle DinizPimentel,NaieneRose,Julio C. deeng2014-02-28T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1983-32882013000300013Revistahttps://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/pnePRIhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phppsycneuro@psycneuro.org1983-32881984-3054opendoar:2014-02-28T00:00Psychology & Neuroscience (Online) - Instituto Brasileiro de Neuropsicologia e Comportamento (IBNeC)false
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title Overtraining increases the strength of equivalence relations
spellingShingle Overtraining increases the strength of equivalence relations
Bortoloti,Renato
stimulus equivalence
relatedness of stimuli
overtraining
strength of conditional relations
title_short Overtraining increases the strength of equivalence relations
title_full Overtraining increases the strength of equivalence relations
title_fullStr Overtraining increases the strength of equivalence relations
title_full_unstemmed Overtraining increases the strength of equivalence relations
title_sort Overtraining increases the strength of equivalence relations
author Bortoloti,Renato
author_facet Bortoloti,Renato
Rodrigues,Naomi Cristina
Cortez,Mariéle Diniz
Pimentel,Naiene
Rose,Julio C. de
author_role author
author2 Rodrigues,Naomi Cristina
Cortez,Mariéle Diniz
Pimentel,Naiene
Rose,Julio C. de
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Bortoloti,Renato
Rodrigues,Naomi Cristina
Cortez,Mariéle Diniz
Pimentel,Naiene
Rose,Julio C. de
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv stimulus equivalence
relatedness of stimuli
overtraining
strength of conditional relations
topic stimulus equivalence
relatedness of stimuli
overtraining
strength of conditional relations
description The present study investigated whether overtraining of the conditional discriminations that are the prerequisites of equivalence class formation strengthens the relations among stimuli in an equivalence class. Two groups of college students formed equivalence classes that consisted of faces that expressed emotions (A) and arbitrary stimuli (B, C, D, and E). The overtraining group had twice as many training trials as the regular training group. For participants who formed equivalence classes, relational strength was evaluated by the generalization of expressed emotions from the A to the D stimuli, which was measured using a semantic differential. An untrained control group showed semantic differential scores that were positive for happy faces, negative for angry faces, and neutral for the D stimuli. For the experimental groups, the D stimuli, when included in equivalence classes, produced scores that were similar to those produced by the equivalent faces. The overtraining group, however, had average values closer to the values of the faces than the regular training group. These results indicate that the amount of training is an experimental parameter that influences the strength of relations between stimuli that are found to be equivalent in matching-to-sample tests.
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