The Effects of Alternative Contingencies on Instruction Following.

The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the effects of alternative contingencies on instruction following by an ABA design. Three college students consistently pressed keys 1-5-3 and 4-8-6 in the presence of the written instruction "Press 153" or "Press 486." During condition A, the contingencies for following and not following the instruction were the same: CON FR5 FR5 and CON FR20 FR20. During condition B, the contingencies for following and not following the instruction were different: CON 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.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2003

Author dc:creator

• Patti, Nicole

Contributors dc:contributor

• Rosales Ruíz, Jesús
• Ellis, Janet
• Glenn, Sigrid S., 1939-

• Reinforcement (Psychology)
• Behavior modification.
• college students
• instructions
• concurrent schedules
• humans
• rule-governed behavior
• contingency-shaped behavior

Statement dc:rights

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

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 53112439
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4149/
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