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THE EFFECTS OF TOKEN PROCEDURES ON A TEACHERS SOCIAL CONTACTS WITH HER STUDENTS 1
Author(s) -
Mandelker Annabel V.,
Brigham Thomas A.,
Bushell Don
Publication year - 1970
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.1970.3-169
Subject(s) - psychology , security token , handwriting , token economy , developmental psychology , social contact , group (periodic table) , social psychology , reinforcement , artificial intelligence , computer science , chemistry , computer security , organic chemistry
The effects of a token system on a teacher's rate of social contacts with her students were investigated in a public school kindergarten. A group of six children were observed daily during a 20‐min handwriting lesson. The children were divided into two groups (A and B) of three children each. Five conditions were imposed sequentially: (1) baseline without tokens, (2) contingent tokens for Group A, noncontingent tokens for Group B, (3) contingent tokens for Group B, noncontingent tokens for Group A, (4) reinstatement of condition 2, and (5) contingent tokens for both groups. It was consistently observed that the teacher's rate of social contact was higher with the children receiving the contingent tokens than with those who received noncontingent tokens.