THE EFFECTS OF SPECIFIC AND GENERAL FEEDBACK INFORMATION ON THE SPEED AND ACCURACY OF SCHIZOPHRENIC WORK PERFORMANCE.

The article cites a study that investigated the effects of feedback information in work situations with schizophrenics and used feedback methods that are feasible in these settings. Researchers study 60 schizophrenics at Vermont State Hospital who were participating in a rehabilitation-training program. Results of the study revealed that the feedback information facilitated the acquisition of performance accuracy for schizophrenics as a group, but the optimal amount of feedback differed between the paranoid and non-paranoid patients. Researchers also stated that increase in the speed of performance was a function of the diagnostic category and retention of speed was dependent on the chronicity status of patients.