Abstract
Although feedback is a widely used intervention, it is unclear what characteristics individuals prefer and what is necessary for feedback to be effective. The purpose of the current study was to systematically extend Simonian and Brand (2022) by addressing the limitations and adding a best treatment phase. For the acquisition phase, participants completed novel arbitrary tasks and the experimenter delivered either positive, corrective, or no feedback. Nine of the participants mastered the task associated with corrective feedback, and one participant mastered the task with no feedback. Next, eight participants completed the preference phase in which they were provided a choice of either positive or corrective feedback. Half of the participants showed a preference for corrective feedback and the remaining participants had mixed preference. For the best treatment phase, both participants mastered the task following the phase change. Overall, corrective feedback was more efficacious and preferred than positive feedback.