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RECOMBINATIVE GENERALIZATION OF SUBWORD UNITS USING MATCHING TO SAMPLE
Author(s) -
Mahon Catherine,
Lyddy Fiona,
BarnesHolmes Dermot
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.2010.43-303
Subject(s) - generalization , matching (statistics) , psychology , sample (material) , natural language processing , artificial intelligence , pattern recognition (psychology) , cognitive psychology , statistics , computer science , mathematics , chromatography , mathematical analysis , chemistry
The purpose of the current study was to develop and test a computerized matching‐to‐sample (MTS) protocol to facilitate recombinative generalization of subword units (onsets and rimes) and recognition of novel onset—rime and onset—rime—rime words. In addition, we sought to isolate the key training components necessary for recombinative generalization. Twenty‐five literate adults participated. Conditional discrimination training emerged as a crucial training component. These findings support the effectiveness of MTS in facilitating recombinative generalization, particularly when conditional discrimination training with subword units is used.