Efeitos dos comportamentos de informar e descrever sobre desempenho em uma tarefa de escolha conforme o modelo / Effects of the behaviors of inform and describe over performance in a matching to sample task

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

This study aimed to investigate if a variation in the attempt in which information and description response are required correlates with pertormance in a matching to sample task. This was proposed in arder to understand specifically the influence over performance in a matching to sample task, produced by the variation in the attempt in which information and description responses were asked. The amount of solicitations was held constant for ali the subject groups. The present study fits in a series of studies that investigated the relationship of self verbal description of behavior and the possible changes in non-verbal performance that may occur. Fifty undergraduate students were divided in 5 experimental groups. Each subject was exposed to the contingencies of matching to sample task individually, in 40 attempts to match the comparison stimulus (card containing number "10" or letter "A") to the model stimulus (cards colored green or red, respectively). In some attempts, subjects were asked to inform if they were aware of the choose options reinforced in the experiment. The information responses consisted of a click on the button of a computer mouse over two available squares that contained the words YES and NO. After that, the description response was asked. It consisted of writing down in scraps of paper how they were doing to solve the experimental problem. The scraps of paper were numbered for later identification of the subjects. The experimental groups differed in the attempts in which information and description responses were asked. Four of the groups received the same amount of opportunities to inform and describe during the experiment (10), and one group was asked to inform and describe just once. In agreement with previous studies in this area, the study suggests: 1) Verbal requests may improve performance in non-verbal tasks. 2) The amount of requests is an important variable. A higher amount of requests may produce a better performance. 3) The attempt in which requests are asked may alter pertormance in the description, information and non-verbal tasks. The higher is the number of attempts of previous exposition before the requests, the better is the pertormance in the non-verbal task; and higher quantities of "YES" responses to information task and correct contingencies descriptions are obtained

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desempenho comportamento verbal verbal description, match to sample psicologia experimental avaliacao do comportamento tarefa de escolha conforme o modelo descrição verbal

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