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Area of Science:

  • Behavioral Psychology
  • Cognitive Science
  • Learning Sciences

Background:

  • The intraverbal naming task is crucial for understanding language acquisition.
  • Previous research suggested a training sequence effect on emergent conditional discriminations.
  • Replicability and generality of this effect require further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the replicability and generality of the training sequence effect.
  • To compare tact-intraverbal (TI) versus intraverbal-tact (IT) training sequences.
  • To investigate the influence of training procedures on emergent conditional discriminations.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments were conducted using emergent conditional discriminations in an intraverbal naming task.
  • Experiment 1 used vocal labeling (tact) and verbal relations (intraverbal) training.
  • Experiment 2 used selection-based (text stimuli) training for tact and intraverbal components.

Main Results:

  • The tact-intraverbal (TI) sequence consistently outperformed the intraverbal-tact (IT) sequence.
  • The TI group showed greater accuracy, higher yields, and shorter reaction times.
  • Experiment 2 suggested TI performance may be less reliant on intraverbal relations, possibly linked to visualization.

Conclusions:

  • The training sequence effect on emergent conditional discriminations is replicable and generalizable across different training modalities.
  • Participant behavior during training significantly influences stimulus control during testing.
  • Findings support the hypothesis that training order impacts the development of derived stimulus relations.