Examining the Effects of Verbal Stimuli on Cooperative Responding under a Competing Financial Contingency

Motivative augmentals are verbal stimuli (i.e., rules), that temporarily increase or decrease the degree to which previous established reinforcers function for an individual (Ju & Hayes, 2008). Implicit relational responses are brief, immediate, relational responses (BIRRs) occurring with respect to specific classes of verbal stimuli present in an individual's environment (Dymond & Roche, 2013). In contrast, explicit responses are referred to as extended and elaborated relational responses (EERRs) that occur in the absence of time pressure. The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) is a tool designed to assess the strength of one's relational responding history with respect to brief presentations of verbal stimuli. This study examined the effects of IRAP-determined verbal stimuli on cooperative responding under a competing financial piece-rate contingency within a simulated work task. The degree to which IRAP-determined verbal stimuli functioned as motivative augmentals to increase participant cooperative responding will be discussed.

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's Degree

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Szarko, Alison J.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Houmanfar, Ramona A.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Locey, Matthew
• Crosswell, Laura

• cooperation
• implicit relational assessment procedure
• motivative augmentals
• pay-for-performance
• Relational Frame Theory
• rules

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11714/5792

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarwolf.unr.edu:11714/5792