Abstract:Stimulus over-selectivity is said to have occurred when only a limited subset of the total number of stimuli present during discrimination learning controls behavior, thus, restricting learning about the range, breadth, or all features of a stimulus. The current study investigated over-selectivity of 100 typically developing children, aged 3–7 (mean = 65.50 ± 17.31 SD months), using a visual discrimination task. Developmental trends in over-selectivity and their relationship to some cognitive variables (i.e., … Show more
“…Such stimulus overselectivity can lead to difficulties with acquisition, maintenance, and/or generalization of discrimination learning. Overselectivity has been observed in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD; e.g., Dube et al, 2010; Kelly et al, 2015; Leader et al, 2009; see Ploog, 2010, for a review) and also in preschool‐aged children (Kelly & Reed, 2021), older adults aged 60 to 89 (Kelly et al, 2016; McHugh & Reed, 2007; McHugh et al, 2010), and typically developing humans under high cognitive load (Broomfield et al, 2010; Reed & Gibson, 2005; Reed et al, 2011; Reed, Altweck, et al, 2012).…”
Stimulus overselectivity describes strong control by one stimulus element at the expense of other equally relevant elements. Research suggests that control by underselected stimuli emerges following extinction of the overselected stimulus (“revaluation”) and the emergence is larger when overselectivity is greater. We compared such revaluation effects with a control compound or condition in two experiments. Human participants chose between compound S+ and S‐ stimuli. Then, to assess control by compound‐stimulus elements, participants chose between individual elements in a testing phase without feedback. The S+ element chosen most often (the overselected element) underwent revaluation, during which choice of that element was extinguished and choice of a novel element reinforced. Thereafter, participants completed a retesting phase. Revaluation reduced choice of the overselected element. Choice of the underselected element decreased for participants with low overselectivity but increased for participants with high overselectivity. This was not the case for a control compound that did not undergo revaluation (Experiments 1 and 2) or in a control condition in which the overselected element continued to be reinforced during revaluation (Experiment 2). These findings suggest that overselectivity levels may modulate revaluation effects, and they also highlight the importance of the contingency change in postrevaluation changes in stimulus control.
“…Such stimulus overselectivity can lead to difficulties with acquisition, maintenance, and/or generalization of discrimination learning. Overselectivity has been observed in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD; e.g., Dube et al, 2010; Kelly et al, 2015; Leader et al, 2009; see Ploog, 2010, for a review) and also in preschool‐aged children (Kelly & Reed, 2021), older adults aged 60 to 89 (Kelly et al, 2016; McHugh & Reed, 2007; McHugh et al, 2010), and typically developing humans under high cognitive load (Broomfield et al, 2010; Reed & Gibson, 2005; Reed et al, 2011; Reed, Altweck, et al, 2012).…”
Stimulus overselectivity describes strong control by one stimulus element at the expense of other equally relevant elements. Research suggests that control by underselected stimuli emerges following extinction of the overselected stimulus (“revaluation”) and the emergence is larger when overselectivity is greater. We compared such revaluation effects with a control compound or condition in two experiments. Human participants chose between compound S+ and S‐ stimuli. Then, to assess control by compound‐stimulus elements, participants chose between individual elements in a testing phase without feedback. The S+ element chosen most often (the overselected element) underwent revaluation, during which choice of that element was extinguished and choice of a novel element reinforced. Thereafter, participants completed a retesting phase. Revaluation reduced choice of the overselected element. Choice of the underselected element decreased for participants with low overselectivity but increased for participants with high overselectivity. This was not the case for a control compound that did not undergo revaluation (Experiments 1 and 2) or in a control condition in which the overselected element continued to be reinforced during revaluation (Experiment 2). These findings suggest that overselectivity levels may modulate revaluation effects, and they also highlight the importance of the contingency change in postrevaluation changes in stimulus control.
This study aimed at exploring the level of cognitive flexibility of students with learning disabilities in the English language in Irbid Governorate and its relationship with the variables of gender and school grade. The study sample consisted of (380) male and female students in the elementary stage. The study used the descriptive approach and developed the cognitive flexibility scale as an instrument to collect data. The content validity and reliability of the instrument were ensured using the Cronbach Alpha and repetition methods. The results revealed statistically significant differences in the level of cognitive flexibility among those with learning disabilities due to the gender variable in favor of males and to the school grade variable in favor of the second primary grade.
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