Appetitive and Aversive Reinforcement Schedule Effects on Team Performance.

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Abstract:

Three volunteers lived for six successive days in a laboratory programmed for continuous residence. When work on a multiple task performance battery had the effect of preventing a reduction in accumulated team earnings, all subjects complained, one subject stopped working, and another subjects productivity declined. When identical work had the effect of incrementing team earnings, by-products of aversive control were absent. Author

Author(s):
Emurian, Henry H. ; Brady, Joseph V.
Author Organization(s):
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV BALTIMORE MD DIV OF BEHAVIORAL BIOLOGY
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.,
Pagination:
0037

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
TR-2
Contract/Grant Number(s):
N00014-80-C-0467
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_1.2.7_Experimentation; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_5.5.2_Task; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_1.3_Human Capital Management; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means; JCA_1.3.1_Personnel and Family Support
Communities of Interest:
Biomedical
Descriptor(s):
*TEAMS(PERSONNEL), *MOTIVATION, CONTROL, JOBS, GROUP DYNAMICS, ATTITUDES(PSYCHOLOGY), PERFORMANCE(HUMAN), VOLUNTEERS, SCHEDULING, PRODUCTIVITY, BEHAVIOR, AVOIDANCE, COOPERATION, AWARDS, REACTION(PSYCHOLOGY), VERBAL BEHAVIOR, CONFINED ENVIRONMENTS, TEST CONSTRUCTION(PSYCHOLOGY)
Field(s)/Group(s):
Psychology
Keyword(s):
Aversive control, Reinforcement(Psychology), Aggression, Appetitive reinforcement, WUNR170910
Report Date:
1981 Sep 08