The role of competition contingencies in children’s self-report on their performances in a computerized game

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https://doi.org/10.31505/rbtcc.v21i4.1404

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verbal behavior, do-say correspondence, competition, verbal report, children

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The present study verified how competition contingencies, when the participant is at an advantage or disadvantage compared to a virtual opponent, influence the accuracy of children´s self-report on their performances in a computerized game. Six children with typical development were exposed to the experimental conditions: Baseline, that evaluated participants' self-report accuracy on their performances on the game, in the absence of planned competition contingencies; Competition-Advantage, that evaluated the influence of competition contingencies in which the participant is at an advantage compared to his oponent; and Competition-Disadvantage, presented in order to verify the influence of competition contingencies when the participant is at a disadvantage compared to his oponent. Results showed the influence of competition contingencies on self-report correspondence of three of six participants, what indicates the competition contingence as a control variable of verbal/nonverbal correspondence.  

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2020-09-22

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Mazzoca, R. H., & Cortez, M. D. (2020). The role of competition contingencies in children’s self-report on their performances in a computerized game. Brazilian Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 21(4), 432–450. https://doi.org/10.31505/rbtcc.v21i4.1404

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