| Sumario: | Two experiments evaluated the effectiveness of instructional practices regarding subjects' disclosure of information about an operant task. In Experiment 1, 30 female subjects received detailed, general, or no instructions about disclosure. When placed with a confederate, those receiving detailed instructions revealed the least information. Subjects receiving general instructions and subjects receiving no instructions tended to disclose. Subjects who witnessed a confederate disclose were likely to disclose, despite receiving detailed instructions to the contrary. Subjects who witnessed a confederate refuse to disclose were less likely to disclose information even when they received no instructions regarding disclosure. In Experiment 2, a confederate disclosed a pattern of responding to a subject before the subject entered the operant situation. The subject responded similar to the confederate's description. Because the disclosure of information affects subjects' behavior, it is important that the effectiveness of instructional practices regarding disclosure be empirically tested rather than assumed. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
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