Carpentier, Smeets, & Barnes-Holmes, 2003

Submitted by Arballoa on January 13, 2009 - 8:24pm
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APA Citation: 

Carpentier, F., Smeets, P. M., & Barnes-Holmes, D. (2003). Equivalence-equivalence as a model of analogy: Further analyses. The Psychological Record, 53, 349-372.

Type of Publication: 
RFT: Empirical
Abstract: 

The authors, researchers at the National University of Ireland and University of Leiden, examined equivalence-equivalence in children and adults. All adults showed equivalence-equivalence most of them before equivalence. The study demonstrates that equivalence is an age related performance.

Comments: 
This study attempted to train equivalence-equivalence relations with 5-year-old children. Only 8 of 18 showed equivalence-equivalence relations when tested. The procedure was then tested with adults and was successful with all of them.
Key Words: 
equivalence-equivalence