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The Effects of a Conflicting Instruction on a Fr 5 Performance

The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the effects of a conflicting instruction on FR-5 performances by an ABABC design. After all four college students were consistently pressing 1-5-3 followed by sound-clips, the schedule value changed to FR-5 (A). Then they were presented with the written instruction "Press 426" (B) in addition to the previous condition. In the last condition (C), 1-5-3 responses were then scheduled for extinction in three participants and the reinforcer was changed from sound-clips to points for one participant. The results showed that unlike previous experiments, instructions did not override the scheduled contingencies. Instruction-following occurred only when there were no other contingencies (i.e., extinction of 1-5-3) or the scheduled reinforcer for FR-5 performances was weak.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc2753
Date05 1900
CreatorsKoremura, Yuka
ContributorsRosales-Ruiz, Jesus, Greenspoon, Joel, Glenn, Sigrid S., 1939-
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsUse restricted to UNT Community, Copyright, Koremura, Yuka, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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