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Erik Arntzen1, Jon Magnus Eilertsen1
1Department of Behavioral Science, Oslo Metropolitan University, PO Box 4, St. Olavs Plass, 0130 Oslo, Norway.
Perspectives on Behavior Science
|October 7, 2020
Summary
Participants learned nutrition knowledge about food carbohydrate values. Most participants successfully sorted food items by carbohydrate content after training, demonstrating effective learning and class formation.
Area of Science:
- Behavioral psychology
- Cognitive science
- Nutrition education
Background:
- Understanding nutritional content, such as carbohydrate values in foods, is crucial for dietary choices.
- Previous research indicates that structured training can improve knowledge of food composition.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the effectiveness of conditional discrimination training in teaching nutrition knowledge, specifically carbohydrate values of food items.
- To assess participants' ability to form equivalence classes based on learned carbohydrate content.
Main Methods:
- Twenty-two adults were trained on carbohydrate values for various food items.
- Participants completed stimulus sorting tests, followed by conditional-discrimination training using tailored stimuli.
- Training involved different conditions, including a "don't know" option, and tested for the formation of 3-member and 5-member equivalence classes.
Main Results:
- All participants demonstrated learning, with most correctly sorting stimuli in post-training tests.
- The study showed successful equivalence class formation across different training conditions.
- Tailored stimuli and the "don't know" option appeared to support learning.
Conclusions:
- Conditional discrimination training is an effective method for imparting nutrition knowledge, particularly carbohydrate values.
- Participants can form cognitive classes of food items based on their nutritional content after targeted training.
- The findings support the application of behavioral principles in nutrition education.
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