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Abstract The development of procedures to assess the psychological functions of stimuli has long been a prevalent endeavor in psychological science. It can be argued that one of the most influential of such procedures is the implicit association test (IAT), which was conceived as a measure of implicit attitudes within social-cognitive psychology. Two other procedures, developed within a behavior-analytic theoretical framework, were inspired by the IAT: the implicit relational assessment procedure (IRAP) and the function acquisition speed test (FAST). The current article aims to thoroughly describe and compare the IAT, the IRAP and the FAST, focusing on their procedural characteristics and theoretical backgrounds, before then considering theoretical implications specific to each procedure. Finally, we briefly reflect on a number of theoretical implications that arose from the foregoing comparisons. In so doing, several points of contact and departure are highlighted. We conclude by advocating for an equitable and comprehensive evaluation of these methodologies when considering their use within the experimental analysis of human behavior.

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Abstract Reinstatement refers to the recurrence of extinguished behavior following response‐dependent or ‐independent exposure to stimuli such as reinforcers, stressors, or reinforcer‐correlated cues. Despite broad research on this form of behavioral relapse, little is known about reinstatement of behavior previously maintained by negative reinforcement. The present study explored reinstatement of negatively reinforced behavior with rats under a timeout‐from‐avoidance procedure. First, responses to the timeout lever could produce 2‐min timeouts from a free‐operant avoidance schedule wherein shocks could be postponed by pressing an avoidance lever. Then, timeout responding was extinguished by withholding timeouts while the avoidance response continued to postpone shocks. Finally, response‐independent timeouts were delivered as the avoidance schedule remained unchanged. The results showed that extinguished timeout responding was reinstated in most subjects following the delivery of response‐independent timeouts. These findings expand the generality of the reinstatement effect reported with positive reinforcement to another functional class of behavior and provide an animal model to extend research on behavioral relapse.

La investigación se centró en examinar la relación entre las habilidades relacionales y el cociente intelectual en estudiantes de primer año de Psicología, utilizando un diseño no experimental de alcance correlacional. Se emplearon el Índice de Habilidades Relacionales para medir las habilidades relacionales y la prueba de Factor G para evaluar el cociente intelectual. Participaron 53 estudiantes, con edades entre 18 y 26 años, de una universidad pública. Los resultados mostraron una correlación moderada significativa entre las habilidades relacionales y el cociente intelectual, lo que sugiere que las habilidades relacionales podrían influiren el desarrollo cognitivo y académico de los estudiantes. La discusión del estudio subraya la importancia de considerar las habilidades relacionales en el contexto educativo. Se sugiere que el entrenamiento en habilidades relacionales podría ser una estrategia efectiva para mejorar el rendimiento cognitivo de los estudiantes.

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Abstract Data collection and analysis are central to scientific research, including in applied and basic behavior analysis. A substantial amount of attention has been given to how to rigorously collect and analyze data. Less attention has been paid to storing and maintaining research data, which becomes a critical step in the data analysis pipeline as the complexity and amount of data increase. Relational databases provide an efficient, reliable, and flexible method to store, maintain, and explore behavioral research data. The current article argues for the utility of relational databases in behavioral research, presents a brief introduction to relational databases, and uses some real-world examples to illustrate how relational databases have been used by the author and colleagues. Adopting relational databases to store and maintain research data would improve data integrity, facilitate data sharing between researchers, and contribute to transparency and reproducibility of analyses.

Ao longo de sua história, a estratégia e as táticas da pesquisa em ciência compor­tamental contextual (CBS) têm apresentado características distintas em comparação com as abordagens tradicionais da ciência do comportamento. O progresso contínuo da pesquisa em CBS pode ser favorecido por uma maior clareza sobre como sua estratégia e táticas podem ser aplicadas aos desafios atuais. O presente relatório branco (white paper) é o resultado de um longo processo de 2 1/2 anos, concebido para fomentar o consenso entre representantes produtores e consumidores da pesquisa em CBS sobre o melhor caminho estratégico a seguir. O Grupo de Trabalho concordou que a pesquisa em CBS deve ser multinível, baseada em processos, multidimensional, pró-social e pragmática, e apresentou 33 recomendações para a comunidade de CBS organizadas segundo essas características. Em essência, este relatório fornece uma agenda de pesquisa detalhada projetada para maximizar o impacto da CBS como campo científico. Cientistas e profissionais são incentivados a assumir essa ambiciosa agenda.