Resolução de Problemas e Formulação de Regras: Complexidade da tarefa e Análise de Comportamentos Verbais.

Abstract

VIII On scientific research experiments that human subjects are exposed to a problem, it s possible for the scientist to observe two classes of responses: the behavior of solving problems and the one of formulating rules. This study has the objective to investigate the effects of introducing new stimulus properties on the inicial links of the programmed tasks or the modification of the programmed contingencies through the changing of the relation between the inicial link and the final link of the task about the solving problems and formulating rules behaviors of the subjects exposed to the programmed tasks. There were 56 subjects on the study, being eight in each of the seven performed experiments. Subjects reports were requested during the execution of the programmed task. The results showed that the task complexity provided effects on the classes of solving problems and formulating rules behaviors. For an analysis of the verbal behavior of formulating rules, two distinct categories of words were considered, according to the description of the contingencies: generic and critic words. Critic words increase with the exposition to the contingencies of subjects that formulate rules. The results show a verbal behavior organization for the subjects that formulate rules (critic word rises and generic words declines throughout the tries).