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Empirical Advances in Studying Relational Networks
McLoughlin, Shane Stewart, Ian
McLoughlin, Shane
Stewart, Ian
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2016-11-29
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The relating of relations is a key feature of the development of complex relational networks. Despite this, thus far there has been little empirical study of this phenomenon, outside of analogy. The latter, which involves coordination of relational networks, is indeed an important example of the relating of relations but there are other examples that can also be involved in complex relational framing. Experiment 1 extended previous research by exploring non-coordinate relating of relations in adult participants. First, Crel functions of YES, NO, SAME, DIFFERENT, and OPPOSITE were established in arbitrary stimuli using a multi-stage Relational Evaluation Procedure (REP). Then participants were tested for the evaluation of various forms of relating of relations including deriving coordination, distinction and opposition relations between relations. Three out of four participants showed predicted patterns of behavior. In Experiment 2, these same three participants showed transformation of contextual control functions via the relating of relational networks. Implications and future research directions are discussed.
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McLoughlin, S. & Stewart, I. (2017). Empirical advances in studying relational networks. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 6(3), 329-342.
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Elsevier
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Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
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10.1016/j.jcbs.2016.11.009
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en
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2212-1447
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2212-1455