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Direct linkMacKay, Harry A.; Wilkinson, Krista M.; Farrell, Colleen; Serna, Richard W. – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2011
Sidman (1994) noted that the existence of a member that is common to more than one class may produce either class merger (union) or class intersection. A multiple-selection, matching-to-sample test was developed to examine the conditions under which these outcomes occur. Test trials each required three conditional discriminations involving…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Classification, Semantics, Adults
McDowell, J. J.; Caron, Marcia L. – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2010
Data from the Oregon Youth Study, consisting of the verbal behavior of 210 adolescent boys determined to be at risk for delinquency (targets) and 210 of their friends (peers), were analyzed for their conformance to the complete family of matching theory equations in light of recent findings from the basic science, and using recently developed…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Verbal Communication, Adolescents, Males
