Training structures of equivalence classes and their influence on the priming effect

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Published: Dec 13, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32348/1852.4206.v8.n3.14480
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equivalence relations, training structures, semantic priming, directionality

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Federico José Sánchez
Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología
Joaquín Menéndez
Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología
Matías Alejandro Avellaneda
Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología
Sebastián Ariel Idesis
Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología
Alberto Andrés Iorio
Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología

Abstract

Semantic priming studies conducted with stimuli related through equivalence class training with different training structure has not been investigated yet. The aim of this work was to find out whether inter-group differences would be found during a semantic-priming task with stimuli related through equivalence depending on the training structure employed. 42 subjects were divided into three groups. All of them received training in three three-member equivalences classes, each with a different training structure: LS, OTM and MTO. Afterwards, all of them performed a semantic-priming task where trained and derived relations were tested. Inter-group differences were observed in the percentage of correct responses and in reaction times during the priming task, being the former lower and the latter higher for unrelated stimuli in the linear-series structure. Training structure is postulated as a possible factor which modulates the performance of subjects during lexical tasks.

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Sánchez, F. J., Menéndez, J., Avellaneda, M. A., Idesis, S. A., & Iorio, A. A. (2016). Training structures of equivalence classes and their influence on the priming effect. Argentinean Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 8(3), 8–19. https://doi.org/10.32348/1852.4206.v8.n3.14480
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Vol. 8 No. 3 (2016): Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento
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Author Biographies

Federico José Sánchez, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología

Laboratorio de Biología del Comportamiento, Instituto de biología y medicina experimental (CONICET)

Joaquín Menéndez, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología

Laboratorio de Biología del Comportamiento, Instituto de biología y medicina experimental (CONICET)

Matías Alejandro Avellaneda, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología

Laboratorio de Biología del Comportamiento, Instituto de biología y medicina experimental (CONICET)

Alberto Andrés Iorio, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología

Laboratorio de Biología del Comportamiento, Instituto de biología y medicina experimental (CONICET)

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