Schedule-Induced Aggression in Nursery School Children

The frequency and intensity of hitting an automated Bobo doll were continuously recorded for 8 female and 8 male nursery school children receiving pennies for bar pressing on a continuous reinforcement-extinction schedule. Hitting was distributed throughout extinction and baseline periods but did not occur during continuous reinforcement. No sex differences were found. The results parrallel data obtained from infrahuman organisms and suggest that schedule-elicited aggression in humans may be viewed as an adjunctive behavior.

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