SOME PARAMETERS OF PUNISHMENT AFFECTING RESISTANCE TO DEVIATION AND GENERALIZATION OF A PROHIBITION
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Verbal punishment was generally more effective than physical punishment but produced less suppression of nonprohibited responses and cardiac activity monitored during punishment training was interpreted as casting doubt on recent theoretical interpretations of the effects of timing of punishment.
Abstract
CHEYNE, J. A. Some Parameters of Punishment Affecting Resistance to Deviation and Generalization of a Prohibition. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1971, 42, 1249-1261. An experiment was conducted comparing the effectiveness for producing response inhibition of highand low-intensity physical punishment and elaborated verbal punishment when punishment was delivered either early or late in a response sequence. Physical punishment (a loud sound) was more effective when of high intensity and when delivered early in the response sequence. Verbal punishment was generally more effective than physical punishment but produced less suppression of nonprohibited responses. In addition, cardiac activity monitored during punishment training was interpreted as casting doubt on recent theoretical interpretations of the effects of timing of punishment.