Reinforcement and Perception of Success

Abstract

The effect of three positive reinforcement conditions (operant conditioning, probability learning, and no reinforcement) on perceptions of success by subjects participating in a complex decision making task was investigated. It was found that either reinforcement minipulation produced greater perceptions of success, and that perceptions of success tended to increase over time. The results suggest that variables which have been previously shown to be associated with success manipulations may also vary with reinforcement.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0745451

Entities

People

  • Glenda Y. Nogami
  • Siegfried Streufert

Organizations

  • Purdue University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Environment
  • Human Behavior
  • Information Processing
  • Learning
  • Military Research
  • Negotiations
  • New York
  • Perception
  • Personality
  • Probability
  • Psychology
  • Side Effects
  • Social Psychology
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.