The Reinforcing Effects of the Recommendation in Threatening Communication
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10124055 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joe Shelby Cecil, Robert Frank Wei (0000-0002-3067-3383, University of Oklahoma), Robert Frank Weiss, Richard A Feinberg (0000-0003-1386-9867, University of Oklahoma) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 65-77 |
| Publication date | 1978-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of General Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1309 • E-ISSN: 1940-0888 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00221309.1978.9920858 |
| PMID | 627882 |
| OpenAlex | W2075644187 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 26 |
An instrumental escape conditioning paradigm was used to test the drive reducing effects of the recommendation in a threatening communication. Analogies were drawn between threatening communications and conditioning. Instrumental response speed was a monotonic decreasing function of delay of reinforcement: 0, 2, 6 sec (p less than .001). Each of the three delay groups acquired the instrumental response (p less than .001). Speed = 1/latency, automatically measured to .01 sec by a Lafayette digital stop clock. The Ss were 54 undergraduate males. A procedure was introduced to allow the separation and analysis of the drive inducing and reinforcing components of a threatening communication. Significant differences were detected between the reinforcing effects of communications (p less than .008). The results were interpreted in terms of the fear reduction model of persuasive communication
Audiology · Conditioning · Latency (audio · Monotonic function · Reinforcement · Statistics · Telecommunications · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Computer Science · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.03 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 1994 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |