Testing for Transitive Class Containment as a Feature of Hierarchical Classification

Autor/inn/en	Slattery, Brian; Stewart, Ian; O'Hora, Denis
Titel	Testing for Transitive Class Containment as a Feature of Hierarchical Classification
Quelle	In: Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 96 (2011) 2, S.243-260 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-5002
Schlagwörter	Experiments; Investigations; Models; Classification; Stimuli; Observation; Vertical Organization; Adults; Cognitive Psychology; Research Methodology; Behavioral Science Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Erprobung; Untersuchung; Analogiemodell; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Anreizsystem; Beobachtung; Kognitive Psychologie; Research method; Forschungsmethode
Abstract	Three experiments investigated responding consistent with transitive class containment, a feature of hierarchical classification. Experiment 1 replicated key components of a preliminary attempt to model hierarchical classification (Griffee & Dougher, 2002) and tested for responding consistent with transitive class containment. Only 2 out of 5 participants showed the expected pattern. Experiment 2 tested whether repeated exposures to the Experiment 1 protocol would give rise to the expected pattern more reliably. None of 3 novel participants demonstrated the pattern. In Experiment 3, physically similar stimuli used in Experiments 1 and 2 were replaced across testing cycles by arbitrary stimuli. Transitive-class-containment-consistent responding was observed in all 3 novel participants. Implications, limitations and future research are discussed. (Contains 3 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10