Resumo

SERRANO VARGAS, Mario Amado  e  MONTES CASTRO, Edgar Eduardo. Effects of conditionality relations in matching-to-sample tasks. J. behav. health soc. ISSUES [online]. 2014, vol.6, n.1, pp.67-78. ISSN 2007-0780.  https://doi.org/10.5460/jbhsi.v6.1.47603.

The present study assessed if the transfer of behavior depends on the functional complexity of the initial task. Four groups of college students were exposed to second-order matching-to-samples tasks and two kinds of transfer trials: intramodal/extrarelational and extramodal/extrarelational. Between groups, tasks differed in both conditionality relations (i.e., conditional discrimination versus simple discrimination) and response requirements (i.e., instrumental versus observational). The highest percentage of correct responses in transfer tests were observed for the group exposed to the conditional discrimination situation and the instrumental response requirement. Results are discussed in relation to previous experiments on the effects of intrasituational contingencies upon linguistically-regulated behavior and variability.

Palavras-chave : Simple discrimination; conditional discrimination; observational training; matching-to-sample tasks; transfer; humans.