@article{ref1,
title="Self-observation and self-reinforcement as sources of self-control in children",
journal="Biofeedback and self-regulation",
year="1978",
author="Clement, P. W. and Anderson, E. and Arnold, J. and Butman, R. and Fantuzzo, J. and Mays, R.",
volume="3",
number="3",
pages="247-267",
abstract="Eight fifth- and sixth-grade black males engaged in a set of single-subject, multiple-baseline studies to determine the relative effects of self-observation and self-reinforcement. A black male college student employed the children as research assistants who would study their own behavior. The employer negotiated a series of individualized contracts with each boy. The contracts specified what self-regulation procedures the subject would perform. Overall, the children were more consistent in carrying out their contracts when they were on self-reinforcement than when they were on self-observation. Second, the children were more effective in increasing behavioral deficits than they were in decreasing excesses. Third, self-reinforcement was clearly a superior means of improving their own behavior than was self-observation.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0363-3586",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}