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Peer reviewedCaulfield, Joseph B.; Martin, Randall B. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
The present study explored a method of altering the reinforcing properties of the verbal event good in chronic, process, nonparanoid schizophrenics. When good was repeatedly paired with the termination of censure in the reaction time task, it became an effective reinforcer on a subsequent verbal conditioning task. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Negative Reinforcement, Patients, Punishment
Peer reviewedOrbach, Israel – Psychology in the Schools, 1977
Boys (N=55) aged 8-11, categorized as impulsives by the Matching Familiar Figures test, participated in a study comparing the effects of three different techniques, designed to change an impulsive cognitive style on response accuracy and response latency. Subjects trained to increase response latency did show a significant increase in latency.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Elementary School Students, Modeling (Psychology)
