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Spradlin, Joseph E.; Dixon, Michael H. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1995
Two children (ages 10 and 12) with severe mental retardation were trained to make the same response when presented with 2 initially unrelated stimuli and then trained to make a new response when presented with 1 of those stimuli. Children were then assessed on their response to the second stimulus. Results of the tests for the emergent…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Conditioning, Intermediate Grades, Responses
Frey, Steven J. – 1975
This study investigated the moderating effects of previously conditioned, stable behavior characteristics on subsequent behavior resulting from a different set of reinforcement contingencies. The college students, who were the study subjects, were required to perform the task of solving anagrams under various modes of conditioning moderated by…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Theories, College Students, Conditioning