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Peer reviewedThrone, John M. – Mental Retardation, 1972
Presented is a rationale for producing intelligent behavior through operant conditioning rather than predicting it by means of standardized intelligence tests which are said to require circumstances explicitly precluding intervention. (GW)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Intelligence, Intelligence Tests, Measurement
Download full textLewis, Michael – 1970
This study was interested in determining whether (1) novelty produces greater or less attention than familiarity and incongruity, and (2) if children's labeling behavior was related to their attentive behavior. Using 3- to 5-year-old children, the results indicate that attention, at least for the stimuli presented, is an increasing function from…
Descriptors: Attention, Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Measurement
