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Irrelevant Stimuli and Action Control: Analyzing the Influence of Ignored Stimuli via the Distractor-Response Binding Paradigm
Published on: May 14, 2014
An analysis of stimuli that influence compliance during the high-probability instruction sequence
Matthew P Normand1, Kathryn Kestner, Joshua Jessel
1University of the Pacific, Department of Psychology, 3601 Pacific Ave., Stockton, California 95211, USA. mnormand@pacific.edu
Abstract:
When we evaluated variables that influence the effectiveness of the high-probability (high-p) instruction sequence, the sequence was associated with a precipitous decrease in compliance with high-p instructions for 1 participant, thereby precluding continued use of the sequence. We investigated the reasons for this decrease. Stimuli associated with the low-p instruction were systematically added and removed in the context of the high-p instructions, and results suggest that the stimuli associated with the low-p instruction influenced compliance with the high-p instructions.
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