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Resource location was shown effective with 70% reinforcement feedback. However, resource location in pairs of Ss broke down when the reinforcement feedback was reversed such that the favored S now became nonfavored, and vice versa. This is empirical support for a theoretical position relating to the difficulty of groups to engage in effective resource location under changed environment conditions if the groups decrease their potential for handling changes.
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I wish to acknowledge my thanks to Thomas J. Banta for supplying me with information relevant to the present study.
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Eisenman, R. Resource location and reinforcement reversal. Psychon Sci 2, 209–210 (1965). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03343409
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