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Some logical functions of joint control

B Lowenkron1

  • 1Department of Psychology, California State University, Los Angeles 90032, USA. zlowenk@calstatela.edu

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
|May 26, 1998
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Joint control explains how two stimuli can evoke the same verbal behavior, offering a behavioral account for understanding logical and semantic relations. This framework enhances our understanding of stimulus control in complex language performances.

Area of Science:

  • Behavioral Psychology
  • Stimulus Control Theory

Background:

  • Understanding language-related performances involving logical and symbolic relations presents challenges within stimulus control.
  • Existing frameworks struggle to fully account for complex behavioral responses to relational stimuli.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and explore the concept of joint control as a behavioral explanation for responding to logical and symbolic relations.
  • To apply joint control to behavioral interpretations of fundamental cognitive performances.

Main Methods:

  • The study proposes joint control, defined as a single response topography being evoked by two simultaneous stimuli.
  • This mechanism is applied to analyze performances related to logical and semantic relations.

Main Results:

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  • Joint control provides a behavioral interpretation for responding to generalized conceptual relations (e.g., identity, order, size).
  • It also accounts for semantic relations, including word-object associations and object recognition from descriptions.

Conclusions:

  • Joint control offers a parsimonious yet powerful behavioral mechanism for understanding complex language and cognitive performances.
  • The framework has potential applications in explaining goal-oriented behavior and other advanced functions.