Greenspoon-Effect

The greenspoon effect is a concept of psychology and refers to the influence of confirmatory responses of the trial leader on the respondent's response behavior: Positive amplified responses are more often given than those that are not amplified

Edit the Greenspoon experiment

In 1955, J. Greenspoon carried out an experiment on verbal operational conditioning, ie learning effects through speech amplifiers. The experiment used a task in which the test persons should name as many words as possible within 25 minutes. The naming of nouns in the plural was reinforced by the fact that "mmm-hmm" sounded. In the experiment, this minimal gain already led to the increase in the frequency of the amplified response. The greenspoon effect was confirmed by several variations of the original experiment. Meaning Edit source text

The greenspoon effect clearly shows that the behavior of the experimental leader influences the behavior of the test persons and thus the dependent variables. It is an aspect of the trial lead effect. Edit source text Edit source text Weblinks Edit sourcetext

wiki