Abstract

CARPIO, Claudio et al. Intelligent and creative behavior: effects of different types of instructions. Suma Psicol. [online]. 2014, vol.21, n.1, pp.36-44. ISSN 0121-4381.

This study assessed the effects of different types of instructions on performance in training, transfer tests and creative behavior testing, using conditional discrimination procedures. Twenty students were randomly assigned to four groups that received different types of instructions: (a) non-specific instructions; (b) instantiated instructions; (c) partial relational instructions, and (d) complete relational instructions. The results showed that non-specific instructions were correlated with ineffective performance in training, while instantiated instructions promoted greater effectiveness in training - even higher than relational instructions (partial or total) - although the latter were associated with the best performance in transfer tests and creative behavior. The article discusses how the effectiveness of performance forms the basis for the subsequent development of intelligent and creative behaviors and is acquired from relational contacts with the contingencies of the task, as fostered by relational instructions.

Keywords : Instruction; Intelligent behavior; Creative behavior; Transfer tests; Creative behavioral testing; Second order sample matching.

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