Mizael, Táhcita M., de Almeida, João H., Roche, Bryan and de Rose, Julio C. (2021) Effectiveness of Different Training and Testing Parameters on the Formation and Maintenance of Equivalence Classes: Investigating Prejudiced Racial Attitudes. Psychological Record, 71 (2). pp. 265-277. ISSN 2163-3452
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Abstract
This study aimed to verify the role of three parameters on the formation of equivalence classes between Black faces and a positive symbol, in children who demonstrated negative bias toward Black faces in a pretest Maintenance was also verified 6 weeks after equivalence tests. Forty-six children (11 Black; 27 girls) who demonstrated racial bias in a pretest were divided into four groups. All groups first learned AB relations (A1 and A2 were, respectively, a positive and a negative symbol, and B were abstract stimuli) and then BC relations (Cl was a Black face and C2 was an abstract stimulus). The Control Group then advanced immediately to equivalence tests (AC, and CA, without differential consequences). For the Mixed Training Group, a block of trials mixing AB and BC relations, with differential consequences, preceded equivalence tests. For the Feedback Reduction Group, equivalence tests were preceded by a trial block mixing AB and BC relations, but with feedback in 50% of trials. The Symmetry Group received symmetry tests after training of each baseline relation. Thirty-three children showed class formation relating Black faces and the positive symbol, and 27 maintained at least one of the equivalence relations after 6 weeks. Average biases toward Black faces were positive in a posttest, for participants who formed equivalence classes, and remained negative for those that did not form classes. The Control Group showed less pronounced bias reduction and maintenance of relations after 6 weeks, suggesting that these outcomes may be affected by training parameters.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | Cite as: Mizael, T.M., de Almeida, J.H., Roche, B. et al. Effectiveness of Different Training and Testing Parameters on the Formation and Maintenance of Equivalence Classes: Investigating Prejudiced Racial Attitudes. Psychol Rec 71, 265–277 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-020-00435-w |
Keywords: | Racial prejudice; Stimulus equivalence; Maintenance of equivalence classes; Training and testing parameters; Racial bias; |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology |
Item ID: | 15414 |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s40732-020-00435-w |
Depositing User: | Dr. Bryan Roche |
Date Deposited: | 04 Feb 2022 15:02 |
Journal or Publication Title: | Psychological Record |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Refereed: | Yes |
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URI: | https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/15414 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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