The Function Acquisition Speed Test (FAST): A Behavior Analytic Implicit Test for Assessing Stimulus Relations

Autor/inn/en	O'Reilly, Anthony; Roche, Bryan; Ruiz, Maria; Tyndall, Ian; Gavin, Amanda
Titel	The Function Acquisition Speed Test (FAST): A Behavior Analytic Implicit Test for Assessing Stimulus Relations
Quelle	In: Psychological Record, 62 (2012) 3, S.507-528 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-2933
Schlagwörter	Memory; Stimuli; Reinforcement; Timed Tests; Association Measures; Cognitive Processes; Reaction Time; Correlation; Behavioral Science Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gedächtnis; Anreizsystem; Positive Verstärkung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Reaktionsvermögen; Korrelation
Abstract	Subjects completed a baseline stimulus matching procedure designed to produce two symmetrical stimulus relations; A1-B1 and A2-B2. Using A1, B1, and two novel stimuli, subjects were then trained to produce a common key-press response for two stimuli and a second key-press response for two further stimuli across two blocks of response training. During one block, the reinforcement contingencies were consistent with baseline relations (i.e., A1 and B1 shared a response function), whereas during the other block they were not. Thirteen of 18 subjects who completed the procedure showed a response class acquisition rate differential across the two test blocks in the predicted direction. It is suggested that this procedure may serve as a behavior analytic alternative to popular implicit tests. It provides a nonrelative measure of stimulus association strength and may display superior procedural implicitness over other tests. (Contains 4 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10