Effects of verbal and nonverbal reinforcement on the WAIS performance of normal adults.

Explored the effects of verbal reinforcement, nonverbal reinforcement, and no reinforcement by the examiner on the performance of 24 male and 24 female Ss receiving the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. Scores were consistently, though nonsignificantly, higher in the 2 reinforcement conditions than in the no-reinforcement condition. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)