The gradual extinction of transferred avoidance stimulus functions
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Garcia-Guerrero, S., Dickins, T. and Dickins, D. 2014. The gradual extinction of transferred avoidance stimulus functions. Psychological Record. 64 (3), pp. 581-599. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-014-0062-7
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Title | The gradual extinction of transferred avoidance stimulus functions |
Authors | Garcia-Guerrero, S., Dickins, T. and Dickins, D. |
Abstract | We investigated the transfer of conditioned avoidance functions through equivalence relations, and the extinction of these functions, facilitated by verbal prompts. Nine participants acquired three 4-member stimulus equivalence classes using a matching-to-sample procedure. One class stimulus was paired, by classical conditioning, with an aversive tone, which was used in avoidance training of a distinct response. There were two groups: A established the equivalence classes before avoidance training and vice versa for B. During some avoidance trials, each stimulus presentation was followed by the request for a verbal estimation of the probability of the tone. The last trials, run in extinction, included a verbal prompt to corroborate the provided estimation. One participant in each group received no verbal prompts. To negate the necessary reliance on instructions-governed performance, an additional participant completed the experiment with minimal instructions. All participants who had the equivalence training prior to the conditioning showed within-class transfer of avoidance functions, in contrast to the others. All prompted participants who demonstrated transfer showed gradual response extinction, but with a differential gradient. Responding decreased more sharply to the indirectly related stimuli than to the directly paired stimuli. The clinical implications are discussed. |
Keywords | Transfer of stimulus function; Avoidance; Equivalence relations; Verbal prompts; Extinction |
Research Group | Behavioural Biology group |
Publisher | Springer |
Journal | Psychological Record |
ISSN | 0033-2933 |
Electronic | 2163-3452 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 17 Jun 2014 |
Sep 2014 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 03 Apr 2017 |
Accepted | 28 Apr 2014 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | |
Copyright Statement | This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in The Psychological Record. The final authenticated version is available online via Springer at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40732-014-0062-7 |
Web address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40732-014-0062-7 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-014-0062-7 |
Web of Science identifier | WOS:000340372700024 |
Language | English |
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