The
Effects of Verbal Reinforcement Combinations Under Double Reinforcements
Upon Verbal Conditioning
K. Tamase |
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undergraduates were given a Taffel-type verbal conditioning task
under double reinforcements, which involve both direct and vicarious
reinforcements. Each subject was assigned to one of the three conditions
of verbal reinforcement combinations, RW, RN, and NW. After the operant
trials the subjects heard tape-recorded responses of the model's
trials with vicarious reinforcements, and then performed their own
trials with direct reinforcements. The model's and the subject's
trials were alternated six times per 10 trials. The result that RW
and NW were superior to RN was consistent with the previous findings
under the direct and the vicarious reinforcements.
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