E-ISSN : 2733-4538
The present study investigated about the influence of intensive training, reinforcement and verbal expression on WCST performance of the 60' Schizophrenic patients. Subjects were diagnosed by psychiatrist and psychologist based on DSM-III-R criteria. All conditions including intensive training, reinforcement and verbal expressions increased number of category and reduced perseverative errors immediately and these training effects were maintained after a week. But intensive training and verbal expressions are more effctive than reinforcement in long-term perspective. The results indicate that deficit in performance on the WCST are improvable by intensive training and verbal expressions.