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The control response in assessing resurgence: Useful or compromised tool?
Kennon A Lattal1, Anthony C Oliver1
1West Virginia University.
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
|December 18, 2019
Summary
Control operandum use in resurgence experiments is reviewed. This control is often ineffective, especially in human studies, and alternative methods are proposed to accurately assess response resurgence.
Area of Science:
- Behavioral psychology
- Learning and memory
- Experimental design
Background:
- Resurgence experiments investigate the return of previously suppressed behavior.
- A control operandum is sometimes used to isolate the cause of resurgence.
- This control aims to rule out generalized response increases due to extinction.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the utility of a control operandum in resurgence experiments.
- To determine if control operandum responding differs between species (humans vs. nonhumans).
- To identify limitations and propose alternatives to the control operandum.
Main Methods:
- Review of existing resurgence experiment literature.
- Analysis of control operandum responding in human and nonhuman participants.
- Comparison of control operandum effectiveness across different subject groups.
Main Results:
- Control operandum responding is more frequent in human studies than in nonhuman studies.
- Responding on the control operandum is nearly absent in nonhuman studies.
- Both the presence and absence of control operandum responding present interpretation challenges.
Conclusions:
- The control operandum is a compromised tool for understanding resurgence.
- Its effectiveness varies significantly between human and nonhuman subjects.
- Alternative control procedures, such as preresurgence testing and differential resurgence procedures, are recommended.
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