Document Type

Thesis

Date of Degree Completion

1968

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Experimental Psychology

Committee Chair

Colin D. Condit

Second Committee Member

Marion D. Harless

Third Committee Member

Howard Bruce Robinson

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to determine the effects of peer attitudes toward performers in a verbal conditioning experiment using vicarious reinforcement, and to determine whether birth order or need for social approval had any effect on conditioning. Fifth grade and sixth grade students served as subjects, with performers (those to be directly reinforced) from the same grades as the observers.

Language

English

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