ERIC Number: ED036727
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1969-Sep
Pages: 268
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The Role of Social Reinforcement Parameters in Improving Trainee Task Performance and Self-Image. Final Report.
Baron, Reuben M.; And Others
Research was undertaken to determine conditions under which unemployed job trainees can be enabled and motivated to obtain maximum benefits from a job retraining program. This study focused on social reinforcement; that is, the most effective ways of communicating "success" or positive evaluative experiences to a Negro working class population of high school age. (author/ly)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Analysis of Variance, Attitudes, Behavior Change, Blacks, Disadvantaged, Females, Job Training, Males, Motivation Techniques, Research, Self Concept, Social Reinforcement, Task Performance, Unemployment
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Authoring Institution: Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI. Dept. of Psychology.
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