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Direct linkMaes, J. H. R.; van der Goot, M. – Learning and Motivation, 2006
This study asked whether the concurrent reinforcement of behavioral variability facilitates learning to emit a difficult target response. Sixty students repeatedly pressed sequences of keys, with an originally infrequently occurring target sequence consistently being followed by positive feedback. Three conditions differed in the feedback given to…
Descriptors: Operant Conditioning, Students, Responses, Positive Reinforcement
