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Relational Frame Theory Notation Syntax Meaning

Relational Frame Theory Notation Syntax Meaning

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A core overarching aim of Relational Frame Theory (RFT) research on language and cognition is the prediction and influence of human behavior with precision, scope, and depth. However, the conceptualization and delineation of empirical investigations of higher-order language and cognition from a relational framing theoretical standpoint is a challen...

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... now that researchers are investigating increasingly complex domains within basic RFT (e.g., Perez, Fidalgo, Kovac, & Nico, 2015), such as analogy (e.g., McLoughlin & Stewart, 2017), technical notation may help researchers to hypothesize about, explain, and explore such complex RFT NOTATION FOR BASIC RESEARCH 8 AARR with increased precision. A compilation of key notation that may be of use to both experimenters and theorists within the field of RFT can be found in Table 1. ...
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... relation of sameness is symmetrical, and thus it is possible to specify that Crel (A rs B) ||| (B rs A), where "rs" is a relation of sameness. See Table 1 for a full summary of the notation used within this text. Table 2 illustrates possible variations of "rx" notation in relation to some of the more commonly cited patterns of AARR. ...
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... this short article, we have proposed that the notation style appearing in early RFT literature may be useful in that regard. In addition, we have attempted to illustrate its utility using multiple exemplars and have provided a "key" (see Tables 1 and 2) regarding some useful notation for formulating hypotheses for exploring AARR. It is salient that the use of such notation might also conceivably assist in the design of experiments that may help to counteract research that claims empirical findings in RFT studies can generally be accounted for by appealing to contextual control of equivalence relations alone (e.g., Sidman, 1994;AlonsoÁlverez & Pérez-González, 2017). ...

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