Representing logical connectives by means of a matching to sample task

Bueno-Cuadra R. · Revista Mexicana de Analisis de la Conducta (2021) · DOI: 10.5514/rmac.v47.i2.81163

Resumen

In his classical study, Bourne (1970) investigated the acquisition of concepts based on two stimuli attributes and a rule which linked these attributes in accordance with the rules defining the logical connectives. For this, he used a task pertaining to traditional methodology in studies on concept formation in humans. This article proposes the use of matching to sample tasks (MTS) as a methodological alternative in the investigation of the acquisition of the rules defining the logical connectives. Therefore, I describe the way in which the MTS task can be adapted for this purpose. I also discuss differences between the proposed procedures and usual relational MTS tasks and briefly analyze some possible ways of experimental exploration through some variants of these basic procedures.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal