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TEACHING ARBITRARY MATCHING VIA SAMPLE STIMULUS‐CONTROL SHAPING TO YOUNG CHILDREN AND MENTALLY RETARDED INDIVIDUALS: A METHODOLOGICAL NOTE
Author(s) -
Zygmont D. M.,
Lazar R. M.,
Dube W. V.,
Mcilvane W. J.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1938-3711
pISSN - 0022-5002
DOI - 10.1901/jeab.1992.57-109
Subject(s) - stimulus control , matching (statistics) , stimulus (psychology) , mentally retarded , reinforcement , psychology , computer science , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , mathematics , statistics , neuroscience , nicotine
Two experiments demonstrated the efficacy of sample stimulus‐control shaping programs for teaching arbitrary matching to 4 subjects who did not acquire the performances via standard methods (i.e., differential reinforcement and, in two cases, comparison intensity fading). All 4 had previously demonstrated identity matching with two‐dimensional forms. Identity matching performances were then transformed into arbitrary matching by gradually changing the sample stimuli until they no longer resembled the comparison stimuli. Where applicable, these methods may have advantages over others that have been used after the failure of standard techniques.