The effects of instructions on subjects' disclosure of information about operant tasks.

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 i...

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Publicado en:Psychological Record Vol. 45; pp. 451 - 462
Autores principales: England, Dan E., Buskist, William
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Publicado: Psychological Record Summer95
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