Learning to Write without Writing: Using Conditional Discrimination Training to Establish an Expressive Repertoire

Author

John Spear, Graduate Center, City University of New YorkFollow

Date of Degree

2-2015

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Program

Psychology

Advisor

Lanny Fields

Subject Categories

Psychology

Keywords

college students, conditional discrimination, joint stimulus control, writing

Abstract

Interpreting and describing complex information shown in graphs are essential skills to be mastered by students majoring in psychology. The dissertation describes conditional discrimination training procedures that induced students' writing of descriptions of graphs. This training was designed to establish targeted conditional and joint stimulus control by elements of graphs and their printed descriptions. Thus, writing, a production-based performance, was induced by conditional discrimination training, a selection-based procedure.

Recommended Citation

Spear, John, "Learning to Write without Writing: Using Conditional Discrimination Training to Establish an Expressive Repertoire" (2015). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/626