TY  - JOUR
T1  - VErbal behavior conditionability of schizophrenics and normals within free operant paradigm
AU  - Pishkin V, Shurley JT
Y1  - 1969/02/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpsyc.1969.01740140039004
JO  - Archives of General Psychiatry
SP  - 167
EP  - 173
VL  - 20
IS  - 2
N2  - IN THE past decade there has been increasing interest in the role of social reinforcement in behavior control and shaping of verbalization in psychotherapy.1-3 Closely related to this trend are studies which have been focused on the investigation of lan guage deficit in schizophrenic patients.4-6 Accordingly, this project was conceived to investigate verbal behavior of schizophrenic and normal Ss within a free operant conditioning paradigm. More specifically, the begavuir was studied as a function of group size and relevancy of feedback in an attempt to gain data based on acquisition rates of verbal self-reference by the two populations.Among different approaches aimed at assessment of psychological deficit7 in schizophrenia, a substantial body of literature has been accumulated around the issues of concept attainment, modes of reinforcement, affect, set, drive, and somatic arousal.8 One of the predominant orientations in
SN  - 0003-990X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1969.01740140039004
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1969.01740140039004
ER  -