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REINFORCEMENT VARIABLES IN THE CONTROL OF UNIT READING RESPONSES 1
Author(s) -
Staats Arthur W.,
Finley Judson R.,
Minke Karl A.,
Wolf Montrose
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1938-3711
pISSN - 0022-5002
DOI - 10.1901/jeab.1964.7-139
Subject(s) - reinforcement , reading (process) , control (management) , unit (ring theory) , computer science , psychology , operant conditioning , artificial intelligence , social psychology , mathematics education , linguistics , philosophy
The present study was concerned with the effects of schedules of reinforcement upon the rate of verbal responding to written material in children. Four multiple schedules were used; multiple CRF-EXT, multiple CRF-VR, multiple CRF-VI, and multiple VR-VI, one subject being run on each schedule. Rates under CRF were lower than under VR, and somewhat higher than under VI, and much higher than under extinction. The subject run on multiple VR-VI showed little rate difference in the two components.