Accession Number:

AD0745451

Title:

Reinforcement and Perception of Success

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

PURDUE UNIV LAFAYETTE IN

Personal Author(s):

• Streufert, Siegfried
• Nogami, Glenda Y.

Report Date:

1972-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

16.0

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.

Descriptors:

• *PERCEPTION(PSYCHOLOGY)
• DECISION MAKING
• PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
• THEORY
• CORRELATORS
• PROBABILITY
• LEARNING

Subject Categories:

• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE