Effects of contracts on childhood memory recollection: A controlled clinical analogue
- 1 November 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Vol. 39 (6) , 914-919
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-4679(198311)39:6<914::aid-jclp2270390615>3.0.co;2-f
Abstract
Examined the specific and generalized effects of contractual agreements on a childhood recollectin task (N = 131). As predicted, Ss who signed a written contract complied significantly more to the specific aspects of the contracted task than did verbal agreement Ss and controls. Generalized behaviors that were not part of the contract showed no group differences. Implications for the use of therapeutic contracts were discussed.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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