Manipulating Verbal Behavior in Groups
A Comparison of Three Intervention Techniques
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13663792 |
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| Authors | Henry C Rickard (Veterans Administration Center, Gulfport Division, Biloxi, Mississippi, corresponding author), Edwin O Timmons (Veterans Administration Center, Gulfport Division, Biloxi, Mississippi) |
| Year | 1961 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 729-736 |
| Publication date | 1961-12-01 |
| 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/pr0.1961.9.3.729 |
| OpenAlex | W2145480051 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Verbal conditioning, beginning wich Greenspoon ( 195O), has become well established as an area of investigation (Krasner, 1958; Salzinger, 1959). Cenual to verbal conditioning is the concept of reinforcement, defined as an event following a response which alters the strength of that response. Following a response, interventions such as good, urn-hum, etc. have been established empirically as reinforcers. The effect of an intervention (question) designed to elicit the response at times when it does not occur spontaneously is not so well documented. Although it may alter the strength of the response, an elicitation does not fit the above definition of reinforcement. And it has received little systematic attention from investigators in the area of verbal conditioning. Dinoff, Horner, Kurpiewski, and Timmons (1960a, b) have reported the verbal conditioning of individuals in a group situation using techniques of elicitation and reinforcement. Since the interventions by E were not examined, it is not known whether their positive results stem from elicitation, reinforcement, or a combination of the two. The purpose of the present investigation was to examine carefully the concept of reinforcement as it applies co verbal behavior in a group situation. Experimenter interventions are arbitrarily classified as Elicitation, Reinforcement, or Elicitation Plus Reinforcement
Cognitive psychology · Conditioning · Developmental psychology · Intervention (counseling · Psychological intervention · Reinforcement · Statistics · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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