The effects of programmed consequences on rule-following

Authors

  • Carla Cristina Paiva Paracampo Universidade Federal do Pará
  • Luiz Carlos de Albuquerque Universidade Federal do Pará
  • Andréa Fonseca Farias Universidade Federal do Pará
  • Bruna Nogueira Carvalló Universidade Federal do Pará
  • Ana Rachel Pinto Universidade Federal do Pará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v11i2.7850

Keywords:

rule-following, type of consequences, nature of consequences

Abstract

In an investigation of variables responsible for rule-following, 16 children were exposed to a matching-to-sample procedure. The task involved touching the comparison stimuli when a light came on. In Phase 1, the behavior was established by a rule. In Phase 2, the contingencies in Phase 1 were reversed, re-established in Phase 3 and repeated again in Phase 4. The conditions differed with regard to the nature of the programmed consequences. Rule-following tended to cease in the presence of a tone or the word “Wrong”, and was maintained when candy or praise (“Correct”) ceased. These results extend the suggested generality that the probability of ceasing rule-following increases when it produces aversive consequences rather than others, and indicates that the maintenance of the behavior depends, in part, on the type of consequence encountered.

Keywords: rule-following; type of consequences; nature of consequences.

 

Author Biographies

Carla Cristina Paiva Paracampo, Universidade Federal do Pará

Professor Associado 1 da Universidade Federal do Pará. Bolsista de Produtividade em Pesquisa do CNPq. Coordenadora do Programa de Pós Graduação em Teoria e Pesquisa do Comportamento da Universidade Federal do Pará.

Luiz Carlos de Albuquerque, Universidade Federal do Pará

Professor Associado da Universidade Federal do Pará. Bolsista de produtividade em pesquisa do CNPq.

Andréa Fonseca Farias, Universidade Federal do Pará

Aluna do curso de Psicologia da Universidade Federal do Pará. Bolsista de iniciação científica PIBIC/CNPq.

Bruna Nogueira Carvalló, Universidade Federal do Pará

Aluna do curso de Psicologia da Universidade Federal do Pará. Bolsista de iniciação científica PIBIC/CNPq.

Ana Rachel Pinto, Universidade Federal do Pará

Psicóloga, Mestre em Teoria e Pesquisa do Comportamento. Bolsista de doutorado do CNPq.

 

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Paracampo, C. C. P., de Albuquerque, L. C., Farias, A. F., Carvalló, B. N., & Pinto, A. R. (2007). The effects of programmed consequences on rule-following. Interação Em Psicologia, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v11i2.7850

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Vol. 11 No. 2 (2007)

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