Proactivity and Reinforcement: The Contingency of Social Behavior.

Williams, J. Sherwood; And Others

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Publication Date: 1976

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Proactivity and Reinforcement: The Contingency of Social Behavior

Williams, J. Sherwood; And Others

Small Group Behavior, 7, 3, 317-329, Aug 76

This paper analyzes development of group structure in terms of the stimulus-sampling perspective. Learning is the continual sampling of possibilities, with those reinforced possibilities increasing in probability of occurance. This contingency learning approach is tested experimentally. (NG)

Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Group Dynamics, Group Structure, Interaction Process Analysis, Learning Processes, Reinforcement, Research Projects, Social Behavior

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