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Measuring Joint Stimulus Control by Complex Graph/Description Correspondences

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Joint stimulus control occurs when responding is determined by the correspondence of elements of a complex sample and a complex comparison stimulus. In academic settings, joint stimulus control of behavior would be evidenced by the selection of an accurate description of a complex graph in which each element of a graph corresponded to particular sentences and phrases in the description. The current research describes a test that detected various degrees of joint stimulus control by different combinations of elements, ranging from complete joint control by all elements to a lack of joint control by any elements.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Queens College/CUNY, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York and Queens College of the City University of New York, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY, 11367, USA

    Lanny Fields

  2. The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, USA

    Jack Spear

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This research was conducted with support from PSC-CUNY Research Award 61669–00–39 and CUNY Collaborative Research Grant 80209–09–13.

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Fields, L., Spear, J. Measuring Joint Stimulus Control by Complex Graph/Description Correspondences. Psychol Rec 62, 279–293 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03395802

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