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Preschool-aged children were trained to respond to the larger of two stimuli that differed by either a 1.4:1 or a 1.96:1 ratio. The smaller, unrewarded stimulus was faded in across trials, resulting in errorless discrimination learning. After training, children were tested for transposition with stimuli either one or four steps larger than the training set. Children able to verbalize the relevant concept showed uniform relational responding, regardless of the training ratio. Included in the study were additional children unable to verbalize the relevant concept and trained with the larger ratio. A distance effect was obtained for these children.
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Robbins, S.F., Witte, K.L. Children’s transposition as related to ratio of the training stimuli and language. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 11, 298–300 (1978). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336836
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