Failure to observe untested derived stimulus relations in extinction: Implications for understanding stimulus‐equivalence formation

Doughty, Adam H.; Leake, Lesley W.; Stoudemire, M. Lee

doi:10.1002/jeab.111

Failure to observe untested derived stimulus relations in extinction: Implications for understanding stimulus‐equivalence formation

Wilson and Hayes (1996) and Doughty, Kastner, and Bismark (2011) observed resurgence of past equivalence relations when newer equivalence relations were punished or extinguished, respectively. Their findings support the notion that deriving stimulus relations is a form of operant behavior. Althou…