TARGET DETECTION: STUDY 6, THE EFFECTS OF SCHEDULES OF COLLECTIVE REINFORCEMENT ON A CLASS DURING TRAINING IN TARGET DETECTION.
Abstract
A target detection program in which slide material was presented to an entire group of observers simultaneously led to a gain in target detection performance comparable to that for individual observers trained in the same way. Collective verbal reinforcement did not increase target detection performance significantly. There was evidence, however, that collective reinforcement may be more effective if successive approximations to difficult target detections are reinforced. A graded sequence of the target problems from easy to difficult items led to more improvement in detection performance than a random sequence. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0487889
Entities
People
- David D. Burnstein
- Joseph A. Van Loo
- Peter C. Wolff
Organizations
- George Washington University