Stimulus generalization as a function of verbal reinforcement combination.

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Abstract
An experiment was. performed in order to investigate the effect of verbal reinforcement combinations on stimulus generalizations, employing neuropsychiatric patients as Ss. There were three reinforcement combinations: Right-Wrong, Nothing-Wrong, and Right-Nothing. The stimuli were wooden discs and the generalization continuum was height. The Right-Wrong and Nothing-Wrong combinations resulted in significantly steeper gradients of primary stimulus generalization than the Right-Nothing combination. There were also significant differences among groups in the height of the generalization gradients. These findings were accounted for in terms of the reinforcing properties of E''s verbalizations, and the results were related to previous studies in this area.
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