Prior information and "awareness" in verbal conditioning.
- 1 November 1972
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Vol. 24 (2) , 162-165
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0033308
Abstract
Using C. Taffel's verbal conditioning procedure, 4 groups of 16 male undergraduates were given different preexperimental instruction by a confederate S. The control group received no information. The informed group was told to start their sentences with "I" or "we." The cooperation group was told that the E was running the experiment for her doctoral dissertation and needed good results. The cooperation-informed condition was told about "I," "we," and the dissertation. Results show the informed groups (cooperation-informed and informed) performed at a superior level, and their rate of acquisition was more rapid than the uninformed groups (cooperation and control). There were more "aware" Ss in the informed conditions. Only 1 S admitted receiving prior information. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)Keywords
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