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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Reinforcement (Psychology)--Behavior modification"”.
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Behavioral Contrast and Alternative Response Key Availability
… investigated the interaction of schedules of reinforcement on behavior, replicating and extending Keller's (1 974) research. Expanded methodology included two control manipulations designed to clarify Keller's previously ambiguous findings. The influence of stimulus properties and the location …
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Suppressive effects of a stimulus correlated with reprimands for automatically-maintained eye poking.
… profound mental retardation, indicated that the behavior persisted in the absence of social contingencies. A procedure was initiated in a training environment in which a punisher (mild reprimand) was delivered contingent on eye poking in the presence, but not in the absence, of a neutral stimulus …
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The Effects of Alternative Contingencies on Instruction Following.
… FR20 FR5. For one participant, the schedule of reinforcement was then changed to FR30. The results showed that subjects followed instructions when the schedule of reinforcement was the same for instruction following and not following.
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Cue-response Separation and Element Proximity in the Feature Discrimination Paradigm
… Responses to features were influenced by reinforcement probability but responses did not have to be directed to a feature for it to affect responding. The hypothesis that cue-response separation contributes to feature-negative difficulty was not supported. Recommendations. Future research …