The effect of verbal reinforcement on the recall of early memories.

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"Thirty-four college students were asked to recall events from their early childhood... 16... were reinforced by E saying "uh-huh" for memories concerned with members of the S''s family. Eighteen... were similarly reinforced for memories not concerned with the family. In both groups the reinforcing stimulus served to increase the proportion of memories in the reinforced category.... The results, indicating that personally relevant and emotionally charged materials are subject to manipulation by the use of a minimal reinforcement verbalization, were related to the testing of causal and dynamic hypotheses about personality within the psychotherapeutic interview." 15 refs.
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