Person specificity of the "social deprivation-satiation effect."

Hypothesized that the inverse relation between frequency of social reinforcement received in a treatment period and the effectiveness of that reinforcer in a subsequent test is person-specific (i.e., not generalizable from 1 e to another). A total of 40 3rd graders were given a 10-min task in which...

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Published in:Developmental psychology 1972-03, Vol.6 (2), p.210-213
Main Author: Babad, Elisha Y
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Deprivation
Discrimination
Human
Learning
Social Behavior
Social Reinforcement
Test Performance
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Summary:Hypothesized that the inverse relation between frequency of social reinforcement received in a treatment period and the effectiveness of that reinforcer in a subsequent test is person-specific (i.e., not generalizable from 1 e to another). A total of 40 3rd graders were given a 10-min task in which the stimulus word "good" was given by e either 2 or 16 times (deprivation or satiation). This was followed by a discrimination test under crf with the stimulus word administered either by the treating e or by one unknown to the ss. Results indicate that the person-specificity hypothesis was confirmed. The difference in test performance between deprivation and satiation groups dropped sharply when the test was not administered by the treating E. It is concluded that the experimental situation is a social interaction between s and e, where s's perceptions of and reinforcement by e influence performance.
ISSN:0012-1649
1939-0599
DOI:10.1037/h0032090