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Stimulus equivalence, contextual
control, and rhyming. Tom Randell and Bob Remington University of Southampton, England Previous research has indicated that verbal behaviour can be functional in the formation of equivalence classes. When relations are established between combinations of pictures whose names rhyme, baseline and emergent relations are exhibited more quickly and reliably than when relations are established between combinations of the same pictures whose names do not rhyme (Randell & Remington, 1999). But how else can verbal behaviour affect the formation of equivalence classes? Two experiments set out to determine whether the phonological properties of stimulus names would affect the emergence of contextually controlled equivalence classes. Although rhyming and non-rhyming baseline relations were established under the control of different colours, participants majoritatively chose rhyming comparisons emergent testing, regardless of the previously established contextual cues. Further research has suggested that when a rhyme link is available between the names of visual stimuli, consistent relations can emerge between those stimuli in the absence of reinforcement training. Keywords: stimulus equivalence, naming, rhyming, contextual control |
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