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The Relative Effectiveness of Monetary Reinforcers and Adult Instructions in the Control of Children's Choice Behavior

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Redd, William; Wheeler, Andrew J. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1973

Investigates the role of instructions in operant conditioning research with children. Subjects are verbally instructed to make an unreinforced response while an incompatible response is monetarily rewarded. Examines the effects of experimenter presence and characteristics of the adult giving the instructions. (DP)

Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Operant Conditioning

Social Control by Adult Preference in Operant Conditioning with Children

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Redd, William H. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1974

In two experiments involving a two-choice marble dropping game children responded more to social control than to the magnitude of the reward. (ST)

Descriptors: Adults, Behavioral Science Research, Experimenter Characteristics, Grade 1