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Sorry it did not work. Here is the study- it is an old one, in which they reinforced disagreement in a group..To me it shows the importance of being aware of in session reinforcement placed on clinically relevant behavior:
The reinforcement of disagreement in a small group*1
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David Shapiro
Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Received 4 June 1963. Available online 24 May 2002.
Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Received 4 June 1963. Available online 24 May 2002.
Abstract
The present studies were conducted to
determine whether differentially reinforcing decisions of a three-person group can modify how often individuals will disagree in making a decision. The results indicate that disagreement is likely to occur more often in groups where reinforcement in achieving a decision is made contingent on disagreement as compared with groups where reinforcement is not contingent on this interaction. Some methodological, theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.
*1 This investigation was supported by United States Public Health Service Research Grant M-4209 and by Office
of Naval Research Contract Nonr-1866(43), Group Psychology Branch. I am greatly indebted to Gilbert Levin, Mona Morningstar, Michael Sherwood, Vincent Tempone and Bernard Tursky for their suggestions and help.
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