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- Title
A METACONTINGENCY EXPERIMENT: THE EFFECTS OF CONTINGENT CONSEQUENCES ON PATTERNS OF INTERLOCKING CONTINGENCIES OF REINFORCEMENT.
- Authors
Vichi, Christian; Abib Andery, Maria Amalia Pie; Glenn, Sigrid S.
- Abstract
College students were assigned to 2 groups of 4 participants each in a reversal design. On each trial participants chose individually how many tokens to bet, and then collectively chose a row on an 8x8 matrix with a plus or minus sign in each cell. After that the experimenter announced a column that determined whether the group won or lost the bets. Before the trial ended, participants had to distribute their earnings. In experimental condition A the group won in trials after distributing proceeds equally on the previous trial, and in condition B they won only after unequal distribution in the previous trial. Results show that the external contingency on distribution (or, as we suggest, metacontingency) selected the groups' distribution of their earnings.
- Subjects
CONTINGENCY (Philosophy); COLLEGE students; CULTURE; BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL relations
- Publication
Behavior & Social Issues, 2009, Vol 18, p1
- ISSN
1064-9506
- Publication type
Article