Matching-to-sample and stimulus-equivalence training is effective for teaching expressive use of manual signs to adults with mental retardation

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 213-214
Author(s):  
James Luiselli
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Stimulus Equivalence ◽  
Matching To Sample ◽  
Manual Signs

scholarly journals Teaching Manual Signs to Adults With Mental Retardation Using Matching-to-Sample Procedures and Stimulus Equivalence

2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nassim Chamel Elias ◽  
Celso Goyos ◽  
Muriel Saunders ◽  
Richard Saunders
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Stimulus Equivalence ◽  
Matching To Sample ◽  
Teaching Manual ◽  
Manual Signs

Acquisition and generalization of manual signs by hearing-impaired adults with mental retardation

1992 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian P. Conaghan ◽  
Nirbhay N. Singh ◽  
Theresa L. Moe ◽  
Timothy J. Landrum ◽  
Cynthia R. Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Manual Signs

scholarly journals Sign-reference equivalence research methods in humans and animals

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 91-105
Author(s):  
M.V. Samuleeva ◽  
A.A. Smirnova ◽  
Z.A. Zorina
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Stimulus Equivalence ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Matching To Sample ◽  
Equivalence Relations ◽  
Human Language ◽  
Crucial Property

Human language based on symbolization or sign-referent equivalence relations. The paper focuses on methods of studying the process of developing of sign-referent equivalence. Subject is trained in Matching-To-Sample task: for example, reinforcing of stimulus B if the sample was A, and stimulus D if the sample was C. Following test allows to reveal if new relations (for example, symmetry, if subject chooses stimulus A if the sample was B) appeared spontaneously. Human subjects usually pass this test successfully. This result may be explained by repeated demonstration of sign-referent symmetry during language learning and using. Our paper is dedicated to methods features which can be used to study sign-reference developing in human and animals. We discuss factors that leads to appearance of this crucial property of stimulus equivalence.

Influence of Identity versus Oddity Pretraining on Symmetric Matching to Sample

2009 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
pp. 861-873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harrie Boelens ◽  
Jacqueline Schenk
Keyword(s):  
Stimulus Equivalence ◽  
Gradual Increase ◽  
Reinforcement Contingency ◽  
Matching To Sample ◽  
Identity Group ◽  
Identity Matching ◽  
Arbitrary Matching

Identity and oddity matching tasks were designed for different groups of 5-yr.-old children. The presentation of tasks continued until all children had shown evidence of appropriate generalization to new stimuli (i.e., generalized identity matching or generalized oddity from sample). All children then received training on an arbitrary matching-to-sample task. Finally, tests of reflexivity and symmetry in responding were carried out in three consecutive sessions. The children in the Identity group showed reflexivity and symmetry in responses on all three tests; the children in the Oddity group showed oddity in responses on all tests, and a gradual increase in symmetry of responses across tests. These results provide evidence against special versions of multiple-exemplar and reinforcement contingency accounts of stimulus equivalence. Versions of the accounts to explain the findings are discussed.

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