The Effects of a Conflicting Instruction on a Fr 5 Performance

The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the effects of a conflicting instruction on FR-5 performances by an ABABC design. After all four college students were consistently pressing 1-5-3 followed by sound-clips, the schedule value changed to FR-5 (A). Then they were presented with the written instruction "Press 426" (B) in addition to the previous condition. In the last condition (C), 1-5-3 responses were then scheduled for extinction in three participants and the reinforcer was changed from sound-clips to points for one participant. The results showed that unlike previous experiments, instructions did not override the scheduled contingencies. Instruction-following occurred only when there were no other contingencies (i.e., extinction of 1-5-3) or the scheduled reinforcer for FR-5 performances was weak.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2001

Author dc:creator

• Koremura, Yuka

Contributors dc:contributor

• Rosales Ruíz, Jesús
• Greenspoon, Joel
• Glenn, Sigrid S., 1939-

• Operant behavior.
• Reinforcement (Psychology)
• conflicting instruction
• FR-5 performance
• ABABC design
• rule-governed behavior
• contingency-shaped behavior

Statement dc:rights

• Use restricted to UNT Community
• Copyright
• Koremura, Yuka
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 47833657
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