Discriminative, Informational, Eliciting, and Contiguous Stimuli as Secondary Reinforcers for Human Subjects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13660435 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Bradford De Long (Indiana University South Bend, corresponding author), John B Long (Indiana University South Bend) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 839-844 |
| Publication date | 1974-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1974.35.2.839 |
| OpenAlex | W2117557972 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
128 humans (8 groups of 16 Ss) were used to test the efficacy of operations proposed for establishing a neutral stimulus (S N ) as a secondary reinforcer (S r ) by the discriminative, eliciting, informational and contiguous stimulus hypotheses. Phase I was a factorial design composed of 2 levels of consistency of pairing S N with verbal reinforcement (experimental vs control Ss) and 4 treatments (S N presented as a discriminative stimulus vs as a trace vs as a forward vs as a backward conditional stimulus). In Phase II, S N was tested as an S r in a verbal conditioning paradigm. The analyses showed that all treatments established S N as an S r for the experimental Ss only, thus supporting the contiguous stimulus hypothesis. It was suggested that an S r is a confirmational stimulus and that discriminative, eliciting, or informational stimuli be considered secondary motivators insofar as such stimuli control emission of an operant
Audiology · Cognitive psychology · Conditioning · Developmental psychology · Discriminative model · Nicotine · Reinforcement · Statistics · Stimulus (psychology · Stimulus control · Artificial Intelligence · Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Computer Science · Mathematics · Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |