Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree Completion
1966
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Jack J. Crawford
Second Committee Member
Eldon E. Jacobsen
Third Committee Member
Howard Bruce Robinson
Abstract
This study investigated one prediction of Guthrie's theory of learning (1936, 1952)--that retention in the goal box after reinforcement increases the likelihood of incompatible responses to the goal stimuli and, thus, decreases learning. Three measures of learning were used: number of trials to criterion, total number of correct trials in the first twenty trials, and number of subjects who met criterion of five successive correct responses within forty trials.
Recommended Citation
Grey, Marilyn L., "An Extension of the Reinforcement Contiguity Issue – The Effect of Retention in the Goal Box After Reinforcement" (1966). All Master's Theses. 535.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/535
Language
English