Effects of task complexity on learning to skip steps: an operant analysis

Oliveira-Castro, Jorge M.; Faria, Juliana Bernardes de; Dias, Moema Brasil; Coelho, Domingos Sávio

doi:10.1016/s0376-6357(02)00087-6

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“…A duração da resposta precorrente auxiliar, ou seja, o tempo que os participantes gastaram consultando a tela de auxílio, foi medida para cada par em cada tentativa. Resultados de 19 experimentos (Carvalho, 2000;Coelho, 1996Coelho, , 2000Ferreira, 2001;Flores, 1997;Gosch, 2000;Oliveira-Castro, 1993;Oliveira-Castro, Faria, Dias & Coelho, 2002;Oliveira-Castro & cols., 1999;Souza, 1997), usando diferentes números de pares e diferentes tarefas, indicaram que a duração da resposta precorrente auxiliar para cada resposta corrente correta (digitar o segundo membro do par) decresceu como uma função inversa do logaritmo dos blocos de tentativas. Em outras palavras, com o aumento do número de blocos de tentativas, a duração de consulta necessária para digitar corretamente os segundos membros dos pares diminuía como uma função negativamente acelerada.…”

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Comportamento precorrente auxiliar: efeitos do número de dimensões discriminativas da tarefa

Oliveira-Castro

Campos

2004

Psic.: Teor. e Pesq.

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Trabalhos anteriores mostraram que o nível de complexidade de tarefas de pares associados pode ser medido com base na quantificação das probabilidades programadas de reforço na presença das duas diferentes dimensões discriminativas das tarefas. No Experimento 1 (seis estudantes) do presente trabalho, foram investigados possíveis efeitos diferenciais de manipulações nas probabilidades de reforço para essas duas dimensões (aprender n respostas associadas ao mesmo evento versus aprender n respostas associadas cada uma a um evento diferente). No Experimento 2 (16 estudantes), o número de dimensões discriminativas do primeiro membro dos pares variou de dois (forma e posição) a quatro (forma, posição, cor, e forma secundária). De forma geral, os resultados sugerem que o desempenho melhora com aumentos no nível de correspondência unívoca entre estímulos discriminativos e respostas. Os efeitos observados podem ser explicados com base nas mudanças nas probabilidades programadas de reforço na presença das diferentes dimensões.

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Comportamento precorrente auxiliar: efeitos do número de dimensões discriminativas da tarefa

Oliveira-Castro

Campos

2004

Psic.: Teor. e Pesq.

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“…Such responses have the function of auxiliary precurrent behavior, that is, behavior that increases the likelihood of reinforcement of the final response of a chain of responses, but it is not required by the programmed contingencies of reinforcement and occurs in situations that allow for the transference of stimulus functions. Auxiliary precurrent responses tend to decrease in duration and frequency as training increases (Oliveira-Castro et al, 1999;Oliveira-Castro et al, 2002).…”

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“…It is possible to consider that in the traffic sign case, when the person was beginning to learn how to drive, there might also have been precurrent responses of uttering rules, which, as training increased, stopped occurring (cf. Oliveira-Castro, Coelho, & Oliveira-Castro, 1999;Oliveira-Castro, Faria, Dias, & Coelho, 2002). But the concept of rule following, as it has been adopted in the field, does not consider such functional distinctions.…”

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Rules as Basic Units of Sociocultural Selection

Aguiar

Oliveira-Castro

Gobbo³

2019

Perspect Behav Sci

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In the context of applying behavior-analytic principles to the study of the evolution of human societies, we propose that rules constitute the basic units of sociocultural selection. Such thesis is based on a critical analysis of the ideas concerning sociocultural selection proposed by Skinner and Baum. Its point of departure is a new functional concept of rule uttering, defined as a special type of verbal behavioral pattern, whose probability of occurrence depends upon their probability of altering the frequency of certain kind of behavior in the repertoire of a given individual or group of individuals. These relatively lasting changes in the behavior of recipients include the uttering of rules appropriate to specific types of problem situations, which increase the likelihood of responses that solve the problems faced by the social group. According to the proposed model, rule-uttering behavioral patterns include rule application, rule transmission and rule creation, which are functionally distinguished by the social consequences they produce. Patterns of rule uttering are selected by operant mechanisms, in the sense that those that do not increase the probability of solving problems tend to stop occurring. It is proposed that the occurrence probability of generalized social reinforcers, associated to different functionally specialized social systems (e.g., money in the economy, sanctions in the legal system), constitutes the main consequence responsible for rule-uttering selection.

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“…Precurrent behaviors are defined as responses that increase the frequency of other responses occurring, these being called current (e.g. the purchase of the product), or being reinforced (Oliveira-Castro, Faria, Dias, & Coelho, 2002). In this conception, CCB becomes a personal strategy to improve the achievement of a response (e.g.…”

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Cross Channel Consumer Behavior and its Benefits: Scale Validation to Assess Purchasing Process Performance

Porto

Okada

2018

RBGN

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Purpose -This paper developed and validated a scale of cross-channel behavior and its benefits capable of ascertaining the performance of the consumer buying process.Design/methodology/approach -The sample of 451 consumers filled out questionnaires for statistical validation purposes. Three first order reflective CCB constructs and four CCB benefits were tested with second and third order formative models Findings -The validation indicated that all constructs have convergent and discriminant validity. CCB is formed by simultaneous information searches, product/price comparisons, and interactions with the retailers/manufacturers, and the benefits are symbolic/ utilitarian and positive/negative. The coefficient between CCB and its benefits is considerable, with the avoidance of purchasing process problems being an expected result.Originality/value -The article highlights the conceptual construction of the cross channels consumer behavior construct as generating improvements in buying process performance. Marketing researchers can test the frequency of this new behavior in consumer relations.

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Effects of task complexity on learning to skip steps: an operant analysis

Cited by 12 publications

References 12 publications

Comportamento precorrente auxiliar: efeitos do número de dimensões discriminativas da tarefa

Comportamento precorrente auxiliar: efeitos do número de dimensões discriminativas da tarefa

Rules as Basic Units of Sociocultural Selection

Cross Channel Consumer Behavior and its Benefits: Scale Validation to Assess Purchasing Process Performance

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