The current investigation evaluated the effects of a monetary incentive on the accuracy of students' post-training self-reinforcement (SR) behavior. Subjects classified as high or low self-reinforcers during a baseline phase were randomly assigned to one of two criterion groups and trained to a 40% or an 80% criterion on a four choice discrimination task. Immediately after training half the subjects in each baseline X training group received incentive instructions. Subjects' self-reinforcement behavior was assessed during a post-training phase, and a rating scale evaluating subjects' confidence in the accuracy of their choice during the post-training phase was given to all subjects after the experiment. The higher training level was associated with a higher SR accuracy, while high baserate was associated with a greater SR frequency and more indiscriminate SR behavior. Incentive did not improve SR accuracy. Confidence ratings of females were related to training level, baseline grouping, and incentive, while in males the ratings were related to training level and baseline grouping.Reprint requests should be sent to A.
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