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  • Social Cognition

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  • Valence contingency learning (VCL) demonstrates robust effects where nonword-valence pairings influence evaluation speed and accuracy.
  • Residual contingency learning (CL) effects persist after controlling for episodic retrieval, suggesting propositional learning.
  • The role of participants' beliefs in modulating these learning processes remains underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how manipulated beliefs about nonword-valence contingencies affect contingency learning (CL) and evaluative conditioning (EC).
  • To provide further evidence for propositional learning as an explanation for residual CL effects.
  • To examine the interplay between instructed beliefs and experienced contingencies in VCL and EC.

Main Methods:

  • Participants completed a valence contingency learning (VCL) task with true, false, or no instructions regarding nonword-valence contingencies.
  • Evaluative conditioning (EC) effects for nonwords were also assessed.
  • Statistical analyses examined the impact of instruction type on CL and EC outcomes.

Main Results:

  • Contingency beliefs significantly modulated contingency learning (CL); true instructions enhanced residual CL effects, while false instructions reduced them compared to no instructions.
  • Exploratory analyses indicated that evaluative conditioning (EC) effects were influenced by remembered contingency instructions, not by experienced contingencies.
  • These findings suggest that instructed beliefs play a crucial role in shaping both CL and EC.

Conclusions:

  • Participant beliefs about contingencies are a key factor in valence contingency learning (VCL) and evaluative conditioning (EC).
  • The results support propositional learning as a mechanism underlying residual CL effects.
  • This study conceptually replicates findings from color-word contingency learning, extending them to evaluative learning and emphasizing the impact of cognitive beliefs.