Influences of Monetary Incentives on Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) Performance

Abstract

response latency, are revealing "brief and immediate relational responses" (BIRRs) that are learned through multiple exemplar training in which certain stimuli are directly associated (e.g., "obese is unhealthy; unhealthy is bad"), so they occur within a few seconds and precede "extended and elaborated relational responses (EERRs)" ([9], p.102). Though there is no distinct boundary between BIRRs and EERRs, the REC model proposes that EERRs take longer to occur than BIRRs because they are produced as a result of the activation of larger, more complex, and indirectly conditioned relational networks, including those involved in settling on a socially appropriate or experiment-appropriate response, which may not correspond with the more directly conditioned response [9][10][11].The person is "covertly doing more" if they find stimuli, such as "a hairy worm is pleasant, " to be inconsistent with their historically coherent relational network but are asked to respond in the affirmative ([12], p. 111).Recently, researchers have proposed the DAARRE (differential arbitrarily applicable relational responding effects) model, which aims to clarify the role of three key factors that are likely to affect responding in IRAP trials: contextual control of relational responses associated with the labels and target stimuli, stimulus control by the label and target stimuli, and functions associated with response options (e.g., true, false) [13][14][15][16][17]. The scores applied to each factor can be summed up to predict differences in D-IRAP scores associated with each trial type.Because the goal with implicit measurement is to obtain an unedited response from the individual, the degree to which responses