Pre-experimental Stimuli Functions in Equivalence Class Formation

Abstract Can pre-experimental conditional relations that elicit emotional responses, such as jealousy, affect the formation of equivalence classes? Would there be differences between men and women? To address these questions, 19 participants of both sexes were exposed to training and testing of the formation of four equivalence classes, one consisting of the boyfriend’s/girlfriend’s name, an unknown woman’s/man’s name, and two unfamiliar figures. After the tests, the Romantic Jealousy Scale was applied. Participants classified as having a higher degree of jealousy did not form equivalence classes regardless of whether they were men or women. It is suggested that pre-experimental relations with affective functions interfere in the formation of equivalence classes in which the boyfriend’s/girlfriend’s name should be related to the unknown woman’s/man’s name.摘要：能够唤起嫉妒等情绪反应的实验前条件关系，是否会影响等价类的形成？男性与女性之间是否存在差异？为解答该问题，本研究纳入19名不同性别的参与者，开展4组等价类形成的训练与测试，其中一组等价类包含伴侣姓名、陌生异性姓名以及两张陌生人物图像。测试完成后，对参与者施测恋爱嫉妒量表（Romantic Jealousy Scale）。结果显示，无论性别如何，嫉妒程度更高的参与者均未形成该等价类。研究表明，具备情感功能的实验前条件关系，会干扰以伴侣姓名与陌生异性姓名为关联对象的等价类形成。