Abstract

QUIROGA BAQUERO, Luis Alberto; PADILLA VARGAS, María Antonia; ORDONEZ RIANO, Santiago  and  FONSECA LEON, Luis Carlos. Effects of different types of training models on matching-to-sample tasks. rev.latinoam.psicol. [online]. 2016, vol.48, n.1, pp.18-29. ISSN 0120-0534.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rlp.2015.09.001.

This study evaluated the effects of three types of training models on the learning and transfer of a second-order matching-to-sample task. Thirty psychology students (15 Mexicans and 15 Colombians) took part. Each sample was divided into three experimental conditions: training by exposure to an expert model, learner model or anti-expert model. The results show that: (a) in both samples, performances in transfer and learning tests are significantly higher than those obtained in the pre-tests; (b) best performances were found in tests of learning and transfer for groups with exposure to the expert model; (c) the anti-expert model condition produced lower percentages of correct answers on tests of learning and transfer; (d) performance in extra-relational tests were the lowest in transfer tests; and (e) the ratio of relationships constructed was homogeneous in the construction test. These findings are discussed in terms of the identification of some factors involved in the establishment of abstract stimulus control by modelling, and the effect of the conditions of remuneration on performance in experimental problem-solving tasks.

Keywords : Modelling; Matching-to-sample; Abstract stimulus control; Transfer.

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