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Westerman, Deanne L.; Lanska, Meredith; Olds, Justin M. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2015
Processing fluency has been shown to have wide-ranging effects on disparate evaluative judgments, including judgments of liking and familiarity. One account of such effects is the hedonic marking hypothesis (Winkielman, Schwarz, Fazendeiro, & Reber, 2003), which posits that fluency is directly linked to affective preferences via a positive…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Familiarity, Preferences, Emotional Response
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Sekerina, Irina A.; Sauermann, Antje – Second Language Research, 2015
It is well established in language acquisition research that monolingual children and adult second language learners misinterpret sentences with the universal quantifier "every" and make quantifier-spreading errors that are attributed to a preference for a match in number between two sets of objects. The present Visual World eye-tracking…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Second Language Learning, Monolingualism, Russian
Ohakamnu, George N. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Due to an increase in behavior problems among school children, especially at-risk children who have problems staying on-task, there is a need for a teaching strategy that will enable children to be focused and on task in the classroom. This quantitative study investigated whether partner-check self-recording of on-task behavior will increase the…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Intervention, Behavior Modification, Mathematics Tests
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Rodriguez, M. L.; Dumont, K.; Mitchell-Herzfeld, S. D.; Walden, N. J.; Greene, R. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objectives: This paper examines the effectiveness of the Healthy Families New York (HFNY) home visiting program in promoting parenting competencies and preventing maladaptive parenting behaviors in mothers at risk for child abuse and neglect. Methods: The study used microlevel observational assessments of mother-child interactions in the third…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Child Abuse, Mothers, Prevention