The effects of verbal instruction on affective and expectancy learning

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 203-209

  Lipp, Ottmar V ^a   Mallan, Kimberley M ^a   Libera, Marilia ^a   Tan, Mingshen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affective learning; Conditioning; Expectancy learning; Verbal instruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE LEARNING; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTANCY LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REWARD; SPEECH; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76849099054     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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