J Exp Anal Behav. 1993 Nov;60(3):529-42. doi: 10.1901/jeab.1993.60-529.
Three experiments were conducted to investigate stimulus relations that might emerge when college students are taught relations between compound sample stimuli and unitary comparison stimuli using match-to-sample procedures. In Experiment 1, subjects were taught nine AB-C stimulus relations, then tested for the emergence of 18 AC-B and BC-A relations. All subjects showed the emergence of all tested relations. Twelve subjects participated in Experiment 2. Six subjects were taught nine AB-C relations and were then tested for symmetrical (C-AB) relations. Six subjects were taught nine AB-C and three C-D relations and were then tested for nine AB-D (transitive) relations. Five of 6 subjects demonstrated the emergence of symmetrical relations, and 6 subjects showed the emergence of transitivity. In Experiment 3, 5 college students were taught nine AB-C and three C-D relations and were then tested for nine equivalence (D-AB) relations and 18 AD-B and BD-A relations. Three subjects demonstrated all tested relations. One subject demonstrated the AD-B and BD-A relations but not the D-AB relations. One subject did not respond systematically during testing. The results of these experiments extend stimulus equivalence research to more complex cases.
三项实验旨在研究当大学生通过匹配样本程序学习复合样本刺激与单一比较刺激之间的关系时,可能会出现的刺激关系。在实验 1 中,被试学习了 9 种 AB-C 刺激关系,然后测试了 18 种 AC-B 和 BC-A 关系的出现。所有被试都表现出了所有测试关系的出现。12 名被试参加了实验 2。6 名被试学习了 9 种 AB-C 关系,然后测试了对称(C-AB)关系。6 名被试学习了 9 种 AB-C 和 3 种 C-D 关系,然后测试了 9 种 AB-D(传递)关系。6 名被试中有 5 名表现出了对称关系的出现,6 名被试表现出了传递性。在实验 3 中,5 名大学生学习了 9 种 AB-C 和 3 种 C-D 关系,然后测试了 9 种等价(D-AB)关系和 18 种 AD-B 和 BD-A 关系。3 名被试表现出了所有测试关系。1 名被试表现出了 AD-B 和 BD-A 关系,但没有表现出 D-AB 关系。1 名被试在测试过程中没有系统地反应。这些实验的结果将刺激等价性研究扩展到了更复杂的情况。