Effects of two teaching procedures in the classes sequential formation

Authors

  • Grauben José Alves de Assis
  • Maria Elizângela Carvalho Sampaio

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v7i2.3223

Keywords:

sequential classes, chaining, overlapping two stimuli, mental retardation

Abstract

This study confirms the effect of two training procedures on the formation of sequential classes. Six mentally retarded individuals were exposed to two training conditions, each with two of five stimulus sequences, followed by verification tests. In group 1, training trials involved the presentation stimulus pairs where the subject touched one, and then the other. After learning criteria was reached, an overlapping pair was introduced, until the students were exposed to four pairs. Subsequent to training with each stimulus set, the subjects were tested on nonadjacent pairs, then substitutability tests. In group 2, the number of stimuli in training trials was increased one by one, until the number of sets reached five, these were also followed by verification tests. All subjects met the training criterion. In group 1, the results for nonadjacent tests were positive for all subjects; one subject (RLS) showed 100% performance in substitutability test. In group 2, the results for nonadjacent tests and substitutability were positive for all subjects. During training, the sequential procedure was more effective because the participants responded quickly in all nonadjacent test pairs and in substitutability tests. Trials that reversed the order of conditions were necessary to verify the effects of these procedures on sequential class formation.

Keywords: Sequential classes; chaining; overlapping two stimuli; mental retardation.

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de Assis, G. J. A., & Sampaio, M. E. C. (2003). Effects of two teaching procedures in the classes sequential formation. Interação Em Psicologia, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v7i2.3223

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Vol. 7 No. 2 (2003)

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