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Testing for Transitive Class Containment as a Feature of Hierarchical Classification
- Source :
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Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior . Sep 2011 96(2):243-260. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Three experiments investigated responding consistent with transitive class containment, a feature of hierarchical classification. Experiment 1 replicated key components of a preliminary attempt to model hierarchical classification (Griffee & Dougher, 2002) and tested for responding consistent with transitive class containment. Only 2 out of 5 participants showed the expected pattern. Experiment 2 tested whether repeated exposures to the Experiment 1 protocol would give rise to the expected pattern more reliably. None of 3 novel participants demonstrated the pattern. In Experiment 3, physically similar stimuli used in Experiments 1 and 2 were replaced across testing cycles by arbitrary stimuli. Transitive-class-containment-consistent responding was observed in all 3 novel participants. Implications, limitations and future research are discussed. (Contains 3 tables and 4 figures.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0022-5002
- Volume :
- 96
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ941334
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research