The effects of verbal pain stimuli on the behavior of children
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Richard A. Dubanoski
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Abe Tokioka
University of Hawaii
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- Keywords:
- social behavior, social psychology, effects, verbal, pain, stimuli, boys, behavior, children, girls, aggressive, nonaggressive
- Abstract
- In this experiment young boys and girls were presented with either verbal pain or nonpain stimuli contingent or noncontingent on a target response. These stimuli were delivered within an aggressive or nonaggressive setting and with or without affect. The pain stimuli had both a reinforcing and an instigating effect on the behavior of the boys. For the girls, the pain stimuli served a reinforcing function but had a tendency to inhibit overall responding. Although type of setting did not influence the behavior of the children, the stimuli delivered in an affective manner facilitated the responding more than did a non-affective presentation.
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- Published
- 1981-08-01
- Issue
- Volume 9, 1981, Issue 2
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