Experiments about the effects of cultural consequences (CCs) upon culturants (IBCs+APs) suggest an important role of two specific variables: competition between operant contingencies and metacontingencies, and the antecedent and consequent verbal events to the participants’ behavior. The present study manipulated the presentation of verbal (VCCs) and non-verbal (NVCCs) cultural consequences, examining their effects on culturants under conditions of competition and no competition between operant contingencies and metacontingencies. One hundred and twenty-three college students composed four microcultures. We programmed two microcultures with an ABABCD design and two microcultures with a BABACD format. Competition and noncompetition between operant contingencies and metacontingencies were also manipulated. In Condition A verbal and nonverbal cultural consequences were contingent on target culturants; in Condition B there were only nonverbal cultural consequences; in Condition C only verbal cultural consequences were presented; and in Condition D there was no cultural consequence programmed. Microcultures with no competition exhibited more stable rates of target-culturants. Verbal and non-verbal cultural consequences, operating in conjunction, selected and maintained target-culturants whether or not competition was operating. Verbal cultural consequences in isolation also had a selective effect, provided that they were not associated with non-verbal cultural consequences in the previous condition. Non-verbal cultural consequences in isolation selected target culturants only in the absence of competition, but maintained them whether or not competition was operating. In the absence of cultural consequences, the rate of target culturants decreased. Verbal variables defined as verbal cultural consequences showed differential effects that need consideration and additional investigations.

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语言和非语言文化后果对文化者的影响

关于文化后果 (CCs) 对培养者 (IBCs+APs) 影响的实验表明两个特定变量的重要作用：操作性偶然事件和元偶然事件之间的竞争，以及对参与者行为的先行和后续言语事件。本研究操纵了语言 (VCC) 和非语言 (NVCC) 文化后果的呈现，检查了它们在竞争条件下对培养者的影响，以及在操作性偶然事件和元偶然事件之间没有竞争的情况下。一百二十三名大学生组成了四种微文化。我们对两种采用 ABABCD 设计的微培养和两种采用 BABACD 格式的微培养进行了编程。操作性偶然性和元偶然性之间的竞争和非竞争也被操纵。在条件 A 中，语言和非语言的文化后果取决于目标培养者；在条件 B 中，只有非语言的文化后果；在条件 C 中，仅呈现语言文化后果；在条件 D 中，没有编程的文化后果。没有竞争的微培养表现出更稳定的目标培养物率。无论竞争是否存在，语言和非语言文化后果，联合运作，选择和维持目标文化。孤立的语言文化后果也具有选择性效应，前提是它们与先前条件下的非语言文化后果无关。只有在没有竞争的情况下，孤立的非语言文化后果才能选定目标培养者，但无论是否存在竞争，它们都会保持不变。在没有文化后果的情况下，目标培养者的比例下降。被定义为语言文化后果的语言变量显示出需要考虑和额外调查的不同影响。