Effort training increases generalized self-control.

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory

1977 • 4,043 citations

Processes in Delay of Gratification

1974 • 774 citations

Social cognitive development : frontiers and possible futures

1981 • 735 citations

Introduction to personality

1971 • 501 citations

Waiting for rewards and punishments: Effects of time and probability on choice.

1967 • 187 citations

Delay of gratification, motivation for the prohibited gratification, and responses to temptation.

1964 • 167 citations

Generality of honesty reconsidered.

1963 • 166 citations

Effects of expectancy on working and waiting for larger reward.

1965 • 121 citations

Effects of previous delay of reward, generalized effort, and deprivation on impulsiveness

1982 • 102 citations

Personal work ethic and effort training affect cheating.

1985 • 98 citations

Transfer of effort across behaviors

1979 • 94 citations

Effects of Conceptual Task Difficulty on Generalized Persistence

1980 • 84 citations

Transfer of Persistence to the Acquisition of a New Behaviour

1979 • 54 citations

Prior fixed ratio training and durable persistence in rats

1976 • 53 citations

Effects of task variety on generalized effort.

1982 • 40 citations

Transfer of persistence from fixed-ratio barpress training to runway extinction

1976 • 39 citations

Transfer of persistence across behaviors.

1979 • 39 citations

Required high effort increases subsequent persistence and reduces cheating.

1983 • 38 citations

Achievement motivation and success: Does the end justify the means?

1981 • 33 citations

The Effects of Force Training and Reinforcement Schedules on Human Performance

1981 • 31 citations

Transfer of persistence across reinforced behaviors

1979 • 27 citations

Durability and generalizability of persistence training.

1979 • 27 citations

A trans-response effect of partial reinforcement

1967 • 23 citations

ACCURACY VERSUS SPEED IN THE GENERALIZED EFFORT OF LEARNING‐DISABLED CHILDREN

1984 • 22 citations

Maintenance-Feeding Effort Affects Instrumental Performance

1982 • 12 citations

Discriminative Control of Generalized Effort

1983 • 10 citations