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Information was found to effectively reinforce an opinion response, and this result could be unambiguously attributed to reinforcement rather than to some other facilitating effect of information. Secret information and freely communicable information did not differ in their reinforcing effectiveness (N = 90).
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Research supported by National Institute of Mental Health Grant MH-12402.
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Weiss, R.F., Weiss, J.J. The reinforcing value of secret information. Psychon Sci 18, 127–128 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335731
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