Is Positive or Negative Prior Contact a Determinant of the Reinforcing Function of Approval?.

Miller, Arthur; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ240987

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Publication Date: 1980-Nov

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Is Positive or Negative Prior Contact a Determinant of the Reinforcing Function of Approval?

Miller, Arthur; And Others

Journal of Psychology, v106 n2 p265-76 Nov 1980

Using procedures designed to overcome methodological weaknesses of earlier research on the valence theory, the reinforcing strength of an experimenter's approval comment "good" was examined as a function of positive or negative contact with the experimenter prior to a criterion task. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Children, Experimenter Characteristics, Interaction, Performance, Research Problems, Social Reinforcement

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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