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Roberts, Dennis M. – J Sch Psychol, 1968
Descriptors: Ability, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Objectives, Behavioral Science Research
Peer reviewedWasserman, Theodore H.; Vogrin, Daniel J. – Psychology in the Schools, 1979
Examined the effects of a token economy on off-task behavior occurring concurrently with the reinforcement of target behavior. Results indicated that while the token economy maintained effectiveness in terms of increasing the frequency of target behaviors, the frequency of off-task or inappropriate behaviors also increased as the year progressed.…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Objectives, Behavioral Science Research, Elementary School Students
Download full textRekers, George A.; And Others – 1972
This study demonstrated reinforcement control over pronounced feminine behaviors in a male child who had been psychologically evaluated as manifesting "childhood cross-gender identity." Reinforcement control over cross-gender behavior was demonstrated by identifying some behavioral treatment conditions under which feminine behaviors could be…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Behavioral Objectives
Dockstader, Steven L.; And Others – 1977
This study is based on Locke's (1968) hypothesis that individuals will spontaneously set performance goals when feedback is related to a standard of performance. The study tests Locke's proposal in an actual work setting by comparing the performance rate of keystroke operators who received feedback and a standard with that of a control group who…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Objectives, Behavioral Science Research, Employer Employee Relationship
MARKLE, DAVID G.
AN EMERGING METHODOLOGY OF PROGRAMING AVOIDS SOME OF THE UNFORTUNATE EFFECTS ON PROGRAMER BEHAVIOR PRODUCED BY INTERPRETATIONS OF TWO EARLIER METHODOLOGIES. WHILE SKINNERIAN PROGRAMING OFTEN HAS LED TO TRIVIAL PROGRAMS THROUGH PROBLEMS OF APPLICATION OF THE CRITERIA OF SPECIFIED BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES AND LOW ERROR RATES, CROWDERIAN PROGRAMING HAS…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Objectives, Behavioral Science Research, Branching
