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Children's Adoption of Self-Reward Patterns: Model's Prior Experience and Incentive for Nonimitation
Allen, Mary K.; Liebert Robert M. – Child Develop, 1969
Research supported in part by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development grant HD-03573.
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, Cues, Experience
Kanfer, Frederick H.; and others – Psychol Rep, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Females, Reinforcement
McMains, Michael J.; and others – Percept Mot Skills, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, Identification (Psychology), Imitation
Peer reviewedMoore, Bert S.; And Others – Child Development, 1976
Seventy-six preschool children were given instructions designed to evoke a positive, negative, or neutral mood; they were subsequently given a choice between an immediately available but less perferred reward or a delayed, preferred reward. (BRT)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Delay of Gratification, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedKunce, Joseph T.; Thelen, Mark H. – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Observed liberal-stringent model behavior significantly affected both the subject's subsequent self-reward behavior and performance. (Authors)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Delinquency, Imitation, Males
Peer reviewedConway, John B. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
Smokers (N = 90) were assigned to 10 treatment conditions; another 20 smokers were included in a no-apply control group. The treatment effects of aversive conditioning were negligible, and in some instances they were surpassed by the effects of controls for nonspecific treatment factors and placebo effects. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Conditioning, Helping Relationship
Stephenson, G. M.; White, J. H. – J Exp Soc Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Delinquent Behavior, Group Behavior, Moral Values
Simkins, Lawrence; Kingery, Martha – J Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Motivation, Perception
Peer reviewedMeyers, Andrew; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
A covert self-instructional program was used to reduce the frequency of a hospitalized chronic schizophrenic's inappropriate verbalizations. A marked reduction in the frequency of the target behavior accompanied the treatment intervention, and improved verbal behavior was directly responsible for the decision to discharge the subject from the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Contingency Management
Download full textTarte, Robert D. – 1972
Five studies are reported which examine the free vs. earned reward phenomenon in humans. The 420 subjects were distributed over all grade levels from preschool through college. Candies and coins were used as rewards. In preschool through sixth grade groups, black, as well as white subjects and experimenters were used. The California Psychological…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns
Peer reviewedBartol, Geoffrey H.; Duerfeldt, Pryse H. – Journal of General Psychology, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, College Students
Peer reviewedPerri, Michael G.; Richards, C. Steven – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1977
College students, 48 males and 48 females, were interviewed about attempts to self-control overeating, smoking, studying, or dating. Results indicated successful self-controllers used more techniques for longer periods of time, use of self-reinforcement procedures was an important discriminant of successful self-management, and methods varied…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Habit Formation
DeLamarter, William A.; Krepps, Patrice E. – 1980
Intrinsic motivation and self-reinforcement can be used identically to explain behavioral persistence in the absence of external reward. Yet the relationship between these concepts has not been adequately explored. Since intrinsic motivation appears to be dependent on an interesting task and self-reinforcement independent of task, it was…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Environmental Influences, Evaluation Criteria
