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FACILITATION OF THE ACQUISITION AND RETENTION OF SIGHT‐WORD VOCABULARY THROUGH TOKEN REINFORCEMENT 1
Author(s) -
Lahey Benjamin B.,
Drabman Ronald S.
Publication year - 1974
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.1974.7-307
Subject(s) - psychology , facilitation , vocabulary , sight , security token , word (group theory) , cognitive psychology , word recognition , communication , linguistics , reading (process) , neuroscience , computer science , philosophy , computer security , physics , astronomy
Two groups of second‐grade children were taught to read orally 30 words and were later tested for retention. One group of subjects received verbal consequences, while the other group received verbal consequences plus token reinforcement. The token group reached criterion in significantly fewer trials and correctly read significantly more words on the retention tests after the longer retention intervals.