Abstract
The resurgence of equivalence classes has been demonstrated under a punishment contingency, but rarely under extinction. One explanation would be the extremely controlled experimental settings in which the participant is required to choose one of the comparison stimuli presented. The goals of this study were to investigate the effects of a response option corresponding to choosing none of the comparison stimuli (‘no alternative’) on the emergence of equivalence relations, and the effects of this option on the resurgence of equivalence classes under punishment or extinction. Two groups of six participants each
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