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Masters, John C.; Christy, Monica D. – Child Development, 1974
It was hypothisized that socialization within an achievement-oriented culture would encourage children to adjust the amount of self reward according to length and difficulty of a task. Task length but not difficulty was found to influence a self reward in second grade children. (ST)
Descriptors: Achievement, Elementary School Students, Reinforcement, Self Reward

Masters, John C.; Pisarowicz, Patricia A. – Child Development, 1975
This experiment was designed to explore the effects of simple and remedial altruism upon children's subsequent self-reinforcement, generosity, and performance quality estimates. (CS)
Descriptors: Altruism, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Grade 2