Evaluation of social control in rule-governed behavior or contingency-shaped behavior

Authors

  • Letícia de Meneses Freitas Universidade São Judas
  • Naiara Morais Meira Universidade São Judas
  • Rafael Modenesi USP / Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia sobre Comportamento, Cognição e Ensino (INCT-ECCE)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31505/rbtcc.v22i1.1359

Keywords:

rule following, contingency shaped behavior, social control, discrepant rules, contingency sensitivity, matching-to-sample

Abstract

Research on rule-governed behavior have assessed the effect of social control on the sensitivity of behavior to changes in contingencies after different learning histories (by rules or contingencies). This study systematically replicated Cortez and dos Reis (2008) including monitoring during the task. Eight students undertook a matching-to-sample task. They should respond under control of instructional stimuli (words spoken by the researcher VEK and ZID), which required the choice of comparison similar to the model or different. In Phase 1, four participants underwent contingency learning training (minimum instructions) and four by rules learning (complete instruction). Phase 2 was divided: Blocks 1 and 3, instruction was corresponding; Blocks 2 and 4, differing instruction. Seven of the eight participants reached the criterion in Phase 1 and responded under the control of contingencies in Phase 2. Therefore, the effect of social control on rule following was not observed.

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Author Biography

Rafael Modenesi, USP / Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia sobre Comportamento, Cognição e Ensino (INCT-ECCE)

Esquivalência de estímulos, Go no Go, Discriminação contextual.

Published

2020-09-11

How to Cite

de Meneses Freitas, L., Meira, N. M., & Modenesi, R. (2020). Evaluation of social control in rule-governed behavior or contingency-shaped behavior. Brazilian Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.31505/rbtcc.v22i1.1359

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