Abstract

GOMEZ FUENTES, Agustín Daniel  and  RIBES INESTA, Emilio. Acquisition and transfer of a second-order conditional discrimination in different language modes. J. behav. health soc. ISSUES [online]. 2014, vol.6, n.1, pp.89-106. ISSN 2007-0780.  https://doi.org/10.5460/jbhsi.v6.1.47606.

The functional interaction of language active mode (pointing, speaking, and writing) and reactive mode (observing, listening, and reading) were evaluated in a second-order conditional discrimination process. Two experiments were planned in which the relative effectiveness of each linguistic mode was compared, both within and between subjects, with or without the corresponding reactive mode. Twenty-four children's of both sexes aged 8 to 12 experimentally naïve participated in the experiments. These were conducted in a test/post-test design in three learning sequences and transfer tests. The results showed the highest percentages of correct responses in matching during acquisition, maintenance and transference, when feedback was used. The highest translativity was observed from writing to speaking. The acquisition differences on conditional discrimination depend on the linguistic response mode and the absence or presence of the reactive feedback.

Keywords : Acquisition; transfer; conditional discrimination; language modes.