Effects of Select and Reject Controls on Eye Movements

Author(s)

William F. Perez ; Gerson Y. Tomanari

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Psicologia : Teoria e Pesquisa; v. 36, 2020-11-25.

Abstract

Abstract The present study investigated the effects of select and reject controls upon S+ and S- observations during a matching-to-sample training. Four adults were exposed to discriminative trainings and equivalence tests. In Baseline (BL), no specific sample-comparison control was biased; in the Reject Control and Select Control conditions, sample/S+ and sample/S- relations were biased, respectively. In BL, participants observed more the S+ than the S-. The establishment of reject control tended to be followed by an increase in the observation of the S- and by choices based on the exclusive observation of the S-; in the case of select control, similar patterns were found, however, for the S+. Thus, the establishment of select and reject controls are followed by changes in the observation of comparison stimuli. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 06/05165-4 - Eye movements as observation responses in conditional discrimination training and in equivalence tests
• Grantee: William Ferreira Perez
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• FAPESP's process: 14/50909-8 - INCT 2014: Behavior, Cognition and Teaching (INCT-ECCE): relational learning and symbolic functioning
• Grantee: Deisy das Graças de Souza
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 08/57705-8 - Institute for the Study of Behavior, Cognition and Teaching
• Grantee: Deisy das Graças de Souza
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants