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This study explored the effects of 3 different E interventions on the conditioning of Ss' verbal behavior in an experimental interview. The interview was divided into 2 10-min. periods: operant level and acquisition. During the 2nd period, E responded to Ss' positive or negative self-references with either approval-supportive, reflection-restatement, or open disclosure statements. The 3 types of E responses were found to be differentially effective in influencing Ss' self-references: (a) Approval-supportive statements were ineffective; (b) the reflection technique was effective only with negative self-references; (c) open disclosure by E was effective, with both positive and negative selfreferences. The study demonstrated the feasibility of using an experimental interview situation in the investigation of the differential effectiveness of interview techniques.

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The APS Journal Legacy Content is the corpus of 100 years of historical scientific research from the American Physiological Society research journals. This package goes back to the first issue of each of the APS journals including the American Journal of Physiology, first published in 1898. The full text scanned images of the printed pages are easily searchable. Downloads quickly in PDF format.

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