Abstract

CARPIO, Claudio et al. Perception and Verbal Consequences: An Interbehavioral Analysis. Av. Psicol. Latinoam. [online]. 2021, vol.39, n.2, e205.  Epub July 04, 2022. ISSN 1794-4724.  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.8838.

To evaluate the effects of different types of verbal consequences on trajectory perception, a task of "finding a lost mobile object" was used. In that task, Little Red Riding Hood was presented on a computer screen, walking towards a forest, following different paths (horizontal, vertical, diagonal at 15°, diagonal at 45°, and zigzag). Few seconds after her entry and disappearance in the forest (delays of 1, 2, or 4 seconds), participants were asked to place the pointer on the area of the forest where she might be found. Independent groups of university students received different verbal consequences for their responses: a) correct/ incorrect, b) specification of error parameters, and c) self-administered consequences. A control group only received points for their correct responses. The results show higher accuracy in the participants who received consequences that specified the error parameters in the horizontal and vertical trajectories with the shortest delays. The dispositional function of verbal consequences as mediators in trajectory perception is discussed.

Keywords : perception; consequences; interbehavioral; students; trajectories.

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