Effect of schedule and severity of punishment on verbal behavior.
- 1 January 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Experimental Psychology
- Vol. 57 (3) , 193-200
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0048298
Abstract
A word association list was used as stimulus material, and the experimental procedures were imposed upon antonym responses. During both punishment and extinction periods, Ss emitted fewer antonym responses under the aperiodic severe, continuous mild, and continuous severe punishment procedures than under continuous and aperiodic severe punishment conditions. These results were interpreted in terms of avoidance learning and conditioned "anxiety" constructs.Keywords
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