ABSTRACT
Schaper and Sonntag in their contribution show theoretical as well as practical ambitions for this project by conducting their experiments in a real work setting. A critical question, however, should be asked with regard to a "super expert" dividing the participants into high (HP) and low performing (LP) groups: Expert evaluations in other contexts have shown variance with the results by applying purely objective criteria. The researchers maintain that the LP group characteristically commits more deficient and more irrelevant, repeated, and/or assisted actions. Within operant behavioural tradition, these research findings may be interpreted in a way different to the authors: For example, the apparently better performance of the HP group may to a greater degree be described as contingency governed, i.e. shaped and maintained under naturally reinforcing conditions. The governing consideration when putting together the training programme is that training should take place in a working situation where real problems are solved.
