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ACHIEVEMENT PLACE: THE RELIABILITY OF SELF‐REPORTING AND PEER‐REPORTING AND THEIR EFFECTS ON BEHAVIOR 1, 2
Author(s) -
Fixsen Dean L.,
Phillips Elery L.,
Wolf Montrose M.
Publication year - 1972
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.1972.5-19
Subject(s) - psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , token economy , inter rater reliability , social psychology , peer group , developmental psychology , applied psychology , reinforcement , rating scale , physics , quantum mechanics , power (physics)
The reliability of the boys reporting their own behavior and the behavior of their peers was measured in two experiments at Achievement Place, a community based, family style, behavior modification program for delinquents based on a token (point) economy. The results of these experiments indicated that; (a) the boys were not “naturally” reliable observers, (b) the reliability of peer‐reporting could be improved by providing training on the behavioral definitions and by making points contingent on agreement between each boy's peer‐report and an independent adult observers' report, (c) the reliability of self‐reporting could be improved by making points contingent on agreement between the self‐report and the trained peer's report, and (d) giving self‐reports and peer‐reports did not produce a systematic effect on the boys' room‐cleaning behavior as measured by an independent observer.