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Publication Date: 2020-Dec
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Emergent Tact Control Following Stimulus Pairing: Comparison of Procedural Variations
Petursdottir, Anna Ingeborg; Neaves, Stephanie M.; Thomas, Orlexia N.
Analysis of Verbal Behavior, v36 n2 p193-214 Dec 2020
We examined emergent tact control following stimulus pairing, using 2 different stimulus presentation arrangements. In the word-first condition, presentation of the auditory stimulus preceded the visual stimulus, and in the image-first condition, the visual stimulus preceded the auditory stimulus. Eight children (2-5 years old) participated. In Experiment 1, 4 children were exposed to 3 sessions in each condition with a new set of stimuli in each session. In Experiment 2, 2 of the same children received repeated exposure to the same stimulus sets. Experiment 3, with new participants, was identical to Experiment 1, except visual and auditory stimuli overlapped during the presentation. Postsession probes documented emergent stimulus control over 1 or more vocal responses for 7 of the 8 participants. Participants were more likely to make echoic responses with the visual stimulus present in the word-first condition; however, emergent tact control was unaffected by the order of the stimulus presentation. Additional research is needed on stimulus-pairing procedures and on the role of echoic responding in emergent tact control.
Descriptors: Verbal Operant Conditioning, Visual Stimuli, Auditory Stimuli, Young Children, Responses
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