Experimental evidence for the motivating function of reward.
- 1 January 1951
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Psychological Bulletin
- Vol. 48 (2), 130-149
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0054553
Abstract
The author''s tertiary-motivation hypothesis of reinforcement is applied to a defined area of research. Specific problems to which the hypothesis is applied are: (1) the effect of amount and palatability of reward; (2) the effect of changing the amount of palatability of reward on simple locomotor response; and (3) the effect of introducing reward on maze performance. Forty-three studies are cited.Keywords
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