Effects of a continuous history of reinforcement and social consequences on rule following / Efeitos de uma história de reforço contínuo e de conseqüências sociais sobre o seguir regras

Autor: Karla Maria Costa Monteles, Carla Cristina Paiva Paracampo, Luiz Carlos de Albuquerque
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, Vol 19, Iss 2, Pp 186-196 (2006)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0102-7972
1678-7153
Popis: In order to investigate the effects of variables involved in rule following, 18 children were exposed to a matching-to-sample procedure. Each child touched one of two comparison stimuli in the presence of a contextual stimulus. Correct responses were reinforced with tokens. Phase 1 began with minimal instruction, Phase 2 with a contingency-correspondent rule, and Phases 3 and 4 with a change in the contingencies. The three experimental conditions differed in Phases 1 and 3. In Phase 1 of Condition 1, no response was reinforced, and in Phase 1 of Conditions 2 and 3, there was differential reinforcement of the correct responses. In Phase 3 of the three conditions, the maintenance of rule following was not rewarded with tokens; instead praise was delivered in Condition 3. Rule following was maintained in Conditions 1 and 3, but left out in Condition 2. Some explanations are provided for the maintenance of rule following behavior.
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