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Peer reviewedBorman, Christopher – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1972
This article describes an experiment designed to determine if a selected reinforcement style of individual counseling could influence adolescents to engage in a greater variety of information-seeking behavior than subjects not receiving such counseling. The findings indicated that the effectiveness of this technique varied with different levels of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Counseling, Information Seeking
Peer reviewedOsipow, Samuel H.; Scheid, August B. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1971
The hypothesis that success influences task preferences was tested. Results supported the hypothesis: the probability of change in task preference was greatest under high success reinforcement ratio conditions. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Failure
