In a 2 × 2 × 5 factorial design the effects of social deprivation and reinforcement upon Taffel sentence construction were studied for 40 adults. Only reinforced Ss conditioned, and of them both aware and unaware Ss conditioned. Social deprivation did not affect conditioning or awareness.
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