The effects of three schedules of 20% reward, skill or chance instructions, and sex of subject on performance during acquisition and extinction of a button pressing response

Author

Thomas A. Blood

Publication Date

1972

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

First Advisor

Lotsof, Erwin

Degree Name

M.A. (Master of Arts)

Legacy Department

Department of Psychology

LCSH

Reinforcement (Psychology)

Abstract

A 2 (sex of S) by 2 (skill or chance instructions) by 3 (stable, increasing, or decreasing reward) fixed-factorial design was used to study the acquisition and extinction performances of 120 college students under conditions of 20% monetary reward. The predicted interactions between instructions and reward condition were not found for extinction measures. This was interpreted as a failure of instructions due to the resemblance of the experimental task to a chance controlled situation. Several sex differences were reported and discussed as were differences among reward groups and between instructional conditions. The hypotheses were generally not supported.

Comments

Includes bibliographical references.||Includes illustrations.

Recommended Citation

Blood, Thomas A., "The effects of three schedules of 20% reward, skill or chance instructions, and sex of subject on performance during acquisition and extinction of a button pressing response" (1972). Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations. 5709.
https://huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/allgraduate-thesesdissertations/5709

Extent

viii, 112 pages

Language

eng

Publisher

Northern Illinois University

Rights Statement

In Copyright

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Media Type

Text