The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the effects of alternative contingencies on instruction following by an ABA design. Three college students consistently pressed keys 1-5-3 and 4-8-6 in the presence of the written instruction "Press 153" or "Press 486." During condition A, the contingencies for following and not following the instruction were the same: CON FR5 FR5 and CON FR20 FR20. During condition B, the contingencies for following and not following the instruction were different: CON FR20 FR5. For one participant, the schedule of reinforcement was then changed to FR30. The results showed that subjects followed instructions when the schedule of reinforcement was the same for instruction following and not following.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc4149 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Patti, Nicole |
| Contributors | Rosales-Ruiz, Jesus, Ellis, Janet, Glenn, Sigrid S., 1939- |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Use restricted to UNT Community, Copyright, Patti, Nicole, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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