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Direct linkLee, Ronald; Sturmey, Peter; Fields, Lanny – Psychological Record, 2007
Response variability, a fundamental characteristic of behavior, may be in some cases an induced effect of reinforcement schedules. Research on schedule-induced response variability has shown that continuous reinforcement results in less variability than intermittent reinforcement schedules. Studies on the effects of intermittency of reinforcement,…
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Peer reviewedFurnell, J. R. G.; Thomas, G. V. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1976
Imitative responding was first established and then reinforced only in the presence of one stimulus and not in the presence of another. Subjects were three institutionalized, severely subnormal boys. (Author)
Descriptors: Imitation, Mental Retardation, Reinforcement, Research
