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A programmed training technique that uses reinforcement to facilitate acquisition and retention in brain‐damaged patients
Author(s) -
Dolan Michael P.,
Norton James C.
Publication year - 1977
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(197704)33:2<496::aid-jclp2270330236>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - reinforcement , retraining , psychology , treatment and control groups , audiology , medicine , social psychology , international trade , business
Hospitalized brain‐damaged patients were S s in a study designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a treatment technique used with contingent reinforcement to facilitate acquisition and retention of environmentally relevant information. S s were divided into three groups that were equated diagnostically and demographically. Group I received the treatment technique with contingent material and verbal reinforcement. Group II received the treatment technique with only contingent verbal reinforcement, and Group III was a control. Both treatment groups showed significant acquisition of the experimental information, and 1 week after training the two treatment groups showed no significant loss of acquired information. None of the groups showed any significant change in ward behavior during the experiment. It was concluded that the treatment technique used with contingent reinforcement can be used in the retraining of memory in brain‐damaged patients.