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Peer reviewedMizes, J. Scott – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1984
Assessed the motivational effects of criterion-setting in self-reinforcement and compared the effects of external criteria with self-imposed criteria and self-presented rewards in undergraduates (N=180). Results indicated that criterion-setting and rewards are both important components of self-reinforcement procedures; and self-imposed criteria…
Descriptors: College Students, Contingency Management, Higher Education, Locus of Control
