Kingston Psychiatric Hospital, Kingston, Ontario.
J Appl Behav Anal. 1971 Winter;4(4):321-6. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1971.4-321.
Twenty-eight nursing staff members treated, by operant methods, a simulated headbanging patient. They were randomly assigned to four experimental conditions, involving improvement versus non-improvement of the "patient" and promise of reward versus no promise of reward. The promise of reward significantly improved accuracy of treatment. Improvement of the patient, however, did not improve accuracy.
28 名护理人员采用操作性方法治疗了一名模拟撞头的患者。他们被随机分配到四个实验条件下，涉及患者的改善与不改善以及是否有奖励承诺。奖励承诺显著提高了治疗的准确性。然而，患者的改善并没有提高准确性。
