2023 Volume 37 Issue 2 Pages 182-196
Study objective: To examine if English matching-to-sample tact training produces derived English to Japanese and English to English intraverbal responding. Design: A comparison of pre- and post-test scores within participants. Setting: Participants engaged in an online experiment from their homes. Participants: Preliminary assessment: 5 native English speakers and 7 native Japanese speakers; experiment: 21 native Japanese speakers. Independent variable: 3 classes of facial expressions: calm, delightful, and furious. For each class, 5 photos and a pair of English synonyms were selected. Intervention: In the matching-to-sample training trial, a face photo was presented as a sample stimulus, and 3 English words were presented as comparison stimuli. A correct response was indicated by ○, and an incorrect response was indicated by ×. The correct English word was presented regardless of the previous outcome. Measures: The number of correct responses in the pre- and post-tests, and the percentage of correct responses in the matching-to-sample training. Results: The English tact matching-to-sample training produced English to Japanese and English to English intraverbal responding in most of the 21 participants. Conclusion: The previous research finding was systematically replicated in Japanese native speakers learning abstract words in English.
