Group counseling with nonverbalizing elementary students: Differential effects of Premack and social reinforcement techniques

Assigned 24 reticent 6th and 7th graders to 1 of 4 treatment conditions: (a) social reinforcement, (b) premack (the use of high probability behavior as a reinforcer for low probability behavior), (c) teacher expectation, and (d) control. Significant mean gains in client-unsolicited classroom respons...

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Published in:	Journal of counseling psychology Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 437 - 440
Main Authors:	Tosi, Donald J, Upshaw, Kenneth, Lande, Angela, Waldron, Mary A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C American Psychological Association 01-09-1971
Subjects:	Classrooms Counseling Expectations Human Social Reinforcement Teachers
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Summary:	Assigned 24 reticent 6th and 7th graders to 1 of 4 treatment conditions: (a) social reinforcement, (b) premack (the use of high probability behavior as a reinforcer for low probability behavior), (c) teacher expectation, and (d) control. Significant mean gains in client-unsolicited classroom response rates were observed in both the social reinforcement and premack conditions. In terms of the criterion measure, the social reinforcement group differed significantly from the teacher expectation group and controls. Differences in mean response gains between premack and social reinforcement groups approached significance with the greatest changes in client behavior favoring the social reinforcement group.
ISSN:	0022-0167 1939-2168
DOI:	10.1037/h0031523