[Ailist] "Bowling" Story Research

[Marge Schiller]

about 15 years ago Steve Cato and I replicated this experiment with a  
team from  the Department of the Army.

Our objective was to see the effect of positive feedback on two  
bowling teams - not sure of the skill levels of the players but I do  
remember  that team scores went up with positive feedback and that  
giving unconditional positive feedback was initially challenging for  
these guys.

The learning seemed highest around  giving and receiving accurate  
useful positive feedback.

  Changing the setting from the office to the bowling ally made for a  
"stickeyer" take away..

Marge

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On Jul 19, 2008, at 1:08 PM, Bob Tschannen-Moran wrote:

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> This is from a very old (1981) study; before positive psychology or
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