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Tangible reinforcement and feedback effects on the IQ scores of college students
Author(s) -
Willis Jerry,
Ehrlick Stephen
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197507)31:3<463::aid-jclp2270310321>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - psychology , reinforcement , test (biology) , intelligence quotient , social psychology , control (management) , developmental psychology , cognition , psychiatry , artificial intelligence , paleontology , computer science , biology
College students who retook an intelligence test under conditions that informed the student of each correct answer made significantly higher gains than a control group that retook the test under standard conditions. A group that retook the test under feedback and reward conditions did not differ significantly from the control group.