Accession Number:

AD0276429

Title:

INCREASING TEAM PROFICIENCY THROUGH TRAINING. 2. THE ACQUISITION AND EXTINCTION OF A TEAM RESPONSE

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH PITTSBURGH PA

Personal Author(s):

• GLASER,ROBERT
• KLAUS,DAVID J.
• EGERMAN,KARL

Report Date:

1962-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

This study investigates team learning under conditions which have been found to be effective in the development and control of individual performance. The performance data obtained were analyzed primarily in terms of the following 1 Team performance as a function of team feedback, and 2 Individual member performance as a function of the reinforcement schedule provided by the team environment. The experimental results confirmed the major hypothesis of the study that team performance can be manipulated using methods found to be effective in facilitating and maintaining the learning of individual organisms. The principle mechanism involved is the feedback contingencies that follow the over-all team response. As a function of these team response contingencies the team displays acquisition and extinction phenomena commonly found in individual learning. The initial performance of a team comprised of members who have received prior individual training shows an initial slow rate of learning as a result of the change in schedules of reinforcement involved in the shift from individual to team feedback. Author

Descriptors:

• *GROUP DYNAMICS
• *LEARNING
• *TRAINING
• BEHAVIOR
• MEASUREMENT
• REACTION(PSYCHOLOGY)
• TEST METHODS
• THEORY

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE