On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, jim clark wrote:

> I would have thought that psychology teachers would know that
> reinforcement works better than punishment.  Anyway, I recall
> reading and lecturing on a study many years ago now in which a
> classroom (perhaps some kind of lab??) was wired so that when
> noise levels were below a certain level music played.  The
> contingency worked as demonstrated by ABAB design.
>
> Best wishes
> Jim      

Jim:

Do you call subjecting students to ABBA music reinforcement? Don't you
think that students might make _more_ noise in order to avoid the negative
stimulus of that 1970's Swedish pop music? 

Excuse me? That's an ABAB design, not ABBA? 

Oh... never mind!

-Max

Maxwell Gwynn, PhD                              [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Department of Psychology                        (519) 884-0710 ext 3854
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario  N2L 3C5 Canada




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