Psychotherapeutic Techniques as Conditioned Reinforcers in a Structured Interview

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13675308
AutoresHenry E Adams (University of Georgia, autor de correspondencia), Roland L Frye (Louisiana State University)
Año1964
Volumen14
Número1
Páginas163-166
Fecha de publicación1964-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1964.14.1.163
OpenAlexW2037492231
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas6

The study attempted to investigate experimentally the effects of psychotherapy techniques such as interpretation, minimal social reinforcement, hostile statements, and reflections in a structured interview using a verbal conditioning paradigm. While Ss talked freely about any topic, personal references were reinforced by one of four ways on a fixed ratio of 5:1. Results indicated that interpretative statements and minimal social reinforcement increased personal references. Effects of the interpretative statements appeared to be more resistant to extinction. Reflections and hostile statements decreased personal references. These results suggest that different phenomena of verbal behavior observed by different schools of psychotherapy may be a function of different techniques utilized

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