Cross Cultural Adolescent Reinforcers

Location

CSU Ballroom

Start Date

21-4-2008 10:00 AM

End Date

21-4-2008 12:00 PM

Student's Major

Psychology

Student's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Mentor's Name

Daniel Houlihan

Mentor's Department

Psychology

Mentor's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Description

The study conducted showed how rewarding reinforcers were for adolescents aged 12 to 18, and how they compared with other countries. Countries included were Denmark, the United States, China, Africa, Australia, Honduras, and Iraq. The study looked at several different categories of reinforcers including food, entertainment, sports, interests and hobbies, electronics, excursions, social activities, school activities, and an other category which includes other items such as receiving money and sleeping in which do not fit well into another category. The participants were given a questionnaire that listed several items in each category that could be reinforcing for adolescents and also included an other item where they could list any other reinforcer not included. For each item they could choose a number on a scale from 1 to 5 representing how reinforcing the item was to them, with 1 being the least reinforcing, poor, and 5 being the most reinforcing, excellent. Then the scores were compared and contrasted for each item and category for all of the countries.

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Cross Cultural Adolescent Reinforcers

CSU Ballroom

The study conducted showed how rewarding reinforcers were for adolescents aged 12 to 18, and how they compared with other countries. Countries included were Denmark, the United States, China, Africa, Australia, Honduras, and Iraq. The study looked at several different categories of reinforcers including food, entertainment, sports, interests and hobbies, electronics, excursions, social activities, school activities, and an other category which includes other items such as receiving money and sleeping in which do not fit well into another category. The participants were given a questionnaire that listed several items in each category that could be reinforcing for adolescents and also included an other item where they could list any other reinforcer not included. For each item they could choose a number on a scale from 1 to 5 representing how reinforcing the item was to them, with 1 being the least reinforcing, poor, and 5 being the most reinforcing, excellent. Then the scores were compared and contrasted for each item and category for all of the countries.

Recommended Citation

Ek, Kari. "Cross Cultural Adolescent Reinforcers." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 21, 2008.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2008/poster-session-A/16