Function-Altering Effects of Rule Phrasing in the Modulation of Instructional Control.

Autor: Henley AJ; 1Department of Applied Behavioral Science, University of Kansas, 4001 Dole Human, Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045-7555 USA., Hirst JM; 1Department of Applied Behavioral Science, University of Kansas, 4001 Dole Human, Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045-7555 USA.; 2Present Address: Rehabilitation Institute, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL USA., DiGennaro Reed FD; 1Department of Applied Behavioral Science, University of Kansas, 4001 Dole Human, Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045-7555 USA., Becirevic A; 1Department of Applied Behavioral Science, University of Kansas, 4001 Dole Human, Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045-7555 USA., Reed DD; 1Department of Applied Behavioral Science, University of Kansas, 4001 Dole Human, Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045-7555 USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Analysis of verbal behavior [Anal Verbal Behav] 2016 Sep 23; Vol. 33 (1), pp. 24-40. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Sep 23 (Print Publication: 2017).
DOI: 10.1007/s40616-016-0063-5
Abstrakt: This study evaluated the effects of four instructional variants on instruction following under changing reinforcement schedules using an operant task based on Hackenberg and Joker's Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior , 62 , 367-383 (1994) experimental preparation. Sixteen college-aged adults served as participants and were randomly assigned to one of four instruction conditions (directive, generic, non-directive, and control). Results suggest textual verbal behavior modulated instruction following. Specifically, directive and generic instructions produced greater levels of instructional control and relatively lower levels of schedule control compared to non-directive instructions. Thus, participants in the directive and generic groups responded in accordance with the instructions even when schedules of reinforcement favored deviation from the instructed pattern. In contrast, participants in the non-directive group responded toward the optimal pattern. In the control condition, participant responding was variable but toward the optimal pattern. Findings are interpreted within the framework of Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior and formulation of rule governance.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in this study.All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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