A Stimulus Control Analysis of the Picture-Word Problem in Children Who Are Mentally Retarded: The Blocking Effect.

Singh, Nirbhay N.; Solman, Robert T.

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Publication Date: 1990

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A Stimulus Control Analysis of the Picture-Word Problem in Children Who Are Mentally Retarded: The Blocking Effect.

Singh, Nirbhay N.; Solman, Robert T.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v23 n4 p525-32 Win 1990

This study tested whether conditioning to one member of a compound stimulus can be blocked by presence of a second member to which the response was previously conditioned. Eight mentally retarded students (ages 7-9) were presented with words, sometimes accompanied by pictures. Six students performed best when words were presented without pictures. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Conditioning, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Moderate Mental Retardation, Pictorial Stimuli, Teaching Methods, Verbal Stimuli, Word Recognition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Practitioners; Researchers

Language: English

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