Positive and negative reinforcement effects on behavior in a three-person microsociety.
Positive and negative reinforcement effects on behavior in a three-person microsociety.
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正强化和负强化对三人微社会中的行为产生影响。
DOI:
10.1901/jeab.1985.44-157
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发表时间:
1985
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
J. Brady
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文献类型:
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作者:
H. Emurian;C. S. Emurian;J. Brady
Three-person groups, either of males or of females, resided for 6 to 12 days in a continuously programmed environment. Subjects followed a behavioral program that determined the sequential and contingent relations within an inventory of activities. The program consisted of positive reinforcement days and avoidance days. During a positive reinforcement day, each work unit completed by a subject incremented a group account. The account was divided evenly among the three participants at the conclusion of the study. During a negative reinforcement day, no money was earned, and the group was assigned work unit criterion that, if completed, prevented a reduction in accumulated earnings. During negative reinforcement days, subjects made aggressive verbal responses, which differed in magnitude among the four groups. These differences were evident in several distinct behavioral measures. Performances on components of the work unit were not demonstrably affected by the reinforcement schedules in effect, although during the avoidance condition one subject stopped working and another subject's productivity declined.