Motivating and Reinforcing Functions of Competitive Behavior.

Steigleder, Michele K.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ196624

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1978-Nov

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Motivating and Reinforcing Functions of Competitive Behavior.

Steigleder, Michele K.; And Others

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, v36 n11 p1291-301 Nov 1978

A series of five experiments revealed a striking point-for-point correspondence between the effects of a reinforcer in escape conditioning and the effects of competition cessation in competitive performance. (Author/MP)

Descriptors: Competition, Motivation, Negative Reinforcement, Operant Conditioning, Research

Publication Type: Journal Articles

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Language: English

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