Department of Experimental, Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan, 2, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
School of Psychology, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK.
Learn Behav. 2021 Jun;49(2):222-239. doi: 10.3758/s13420-020-00438-1.
Recent developments in relational frame theory (RFT) have outlined a number of key variables of potential importance when analyzing the dynamics involved in derived relational responding. Recent research has begun to explore the impact of a number of these variables on persistent rule-following, namely, levels of derivation and coherence. However, no research to date has systematically examined the impact of coherence on persistent rule-following at varying levels of derivation. Across two experiments, the impact of coherence (manipulated through the systematic use of performance feedback) was explored on persistent rule-following when derivation was relatively low (Exp. 1) and high (Exp. 2). A training protocol based on the implicit relational assessment procedure (IRAP) was used to establish novel combinatorially entailed relations that manipulated the feedback provided on the untrained, derived relations (A-C) for five blocks of trials in Experiment 1 and one block of trials in Experiment 2. One of these relations was then inserted into the rule for responding on a subsequent contingency-switching match-to-sample task to assess rule persistence. While no significant differences were found in Experiment 1, the provision or non-provision of feedback had a significant differential impact on rule persistence in Experiment 2. These differences, and the subtle complexities that appear to be involved in persistent rule-following in the face of reversed reinforcement contingencies, are discussed.
关系框架理论（RFT）的最新发展概述了在分析衍生关系反应中涉及的动态时可能具有重要意义的一些关键变量。最近的研究开始探索这些变量中的许多变量对持续遵循规则的影响，即推导水平和连贯性。然而，迄今为止，没有研究系统地考察连贯性对不同推导水平下持续遵循规则的影响。在两项实验中，当推导水平较低（实验 1）和较高（实验 2）时，通过系统使用绩效反馈来操纵连贯性，探讨了连贯性对持续遵循规则的影响。基于内隐关系评估程序（IRAP）的训练方案用于建立新颖的组合蕴涵关系，该方案操纵未训练的、推导的关系（A-C）上提供的反馈，在实验 1 中进行了五轮试验，在实验 2 中进行了一轮试验。然后，在随后的连续切换匹配样本任务中，将其中一个关系插入到响应规则中，以评估规则的持久性。虽然在实验 1 中没有发现显著差异，但在实验 2 中，反馈的提供或不提供对规则的持久性有显著的不同影响。讨论了这些差异以及在面对反转强化条件时持续遵循规则所涉及的微妙复杂性。
