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Yeager, Joseph C. – Training and Development Journal, 1971
Projects a greater degree of success in developing management abilities in trainees by modifying and controlling human behavior. (EK)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Operant Conditioning, Organizational Climate, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedGladstone, Bruce W.; Sherman, James A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1975
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Feedback, Operant Conditioning
Peer reviewedVan Houten, Ron; Nau, Paul A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1980
The performance of five students (ages 6 to 10) in an adjustment class for deaf children was compared under fixed and variable ratio schedules of reinforcement. During the VR condition, students visually attended more and engaged in disruptive behavior less often than during the FR condition. (Author)
Descriptors: Attention Control, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Deafness
Download full textShimoff, Eliot H.; Matthews, Byron A. – 1980
Five experiments were conducted to determine whether properties inherent in some training procedures may subtly influence the adaptability of skilled performance of complex tasks. The first two experiments assessed the insensitivity of low-rate performances. Examined in the third experiment was the issue of whether instructions that focus…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Style
