Monetary compensation, training and transfer of learning: Evidence of accelerated learning
Keywords:
Second-order conditional discrimination, transfer, learning, motivation.Abstract
The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the effects of monetarycompensation conditions on the speed of training and learning transfer
in an array of second-order conditional discrimination. Attended by 23
participants, 11 men and 12 women between 18 and 26 years of age.
Participants were randomly assigned to three groups, one group received
no monetary compensation for their participation, the second group
received $ 10,000 pesos (about 5 dollars) for their participation, regardless
of their performance on the task, and the third group could obtain from
sixteen thousands (8 dollars approximately) to two thousand pesos (1
approximately) for their participation, according to the performance
obtained in the training phase. The results suggest the positive effect of
compensation contingent on performance achieved during training, we
discuss the motivational effects of managing information and inclusion
of this variable in the studies and their implications for teaching. We
review some methodological limitations that do not lead to a conclusion
about the effect on the transfer tests.
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