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REINFORCING CAPABILITIES OF TELEVISION DISTORTION
Author(s) -
Greene Robert J.,
Hoats David L.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1969.2-139
Subject(s) - reinforcement , psychology , contingency , punishment (psychology) , distortion (music) , contingency management , subject (documents) , task (project management) , developmental psychology , social psychology , computer science , telecommunications , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy , amplifier , management , bandwidth (computing) , library science , economics , intervention (counseling)
The effectiveness of television distortion as a negative reinforcer was analyzed. Contingency arrangements involving television distortion were found to be capable of (a) accelerating the work rate of a naive, mildly retarded subject on a simulated production‐line task involving card‐sorting, and (b) reducing gross hyperactivity of a mildly retarded subject. An escape‐avoidance contingency was arranged for the production‐line behavior of the first subject and a punishment contingency for the hyperactive behavior of the second subject. Television distortion appears to be an effective and practical negative reinforcer for use in behavior modification.