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THE DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF A WORKSHARING SYSTEM FOR EXPERIMENTAL GROUP LIVING 1
Author(s) -
Feallock Richard,
Miller L. Keith
Publication year - 1976
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.1976.9-277
Subject(s) - earnings , work (physics) , psychology , point (geometry) , group (periodic table) , outcome (game theory) , actuarial science , economics , microeconomics , accounting , engineering , mechanical engineering , chemistry , geometry , mathematics , organic chemistry
Failure to share household chores equitably may be a major cause of the high failure rate of experimental group‐living arrangements. A behavioral approach to worksharing based on a point system was implemented in one experimental group and its most important components experimentally evaluated. Experiment I showed that awarding credits produced more work than not awarding credits. Experiment II showed that making credits contingent on the outcome of a detailed inspection produced more work than awarding credits noncontingently. Experiment III demonstrated that awarding rent reductions contingent on credit earnings produced more work than awarding rent reductions noncontingently. Other evaluative data suggest that the resulting living arrangement is cheaper, more effective, and more satisfactory to the residents when compared to the most popular alternative living arrangements.