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A Conditioning Analysis of Infant Long-Term Memory.
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Sullivan, Margaret W.; And Others – Child Development, 1979
Assesses the long-term retention of conditioned operant footkicks by three-month-old infants. Views a conditioning analysis as a logical means by which to bridge the gap between animal and adult human models of memory. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Conditioning, Infants, Memory, Motor Reactions
The Conditioning and Reversal of Reward Value
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Parker, Ronald K.; Rugel, Robert P. – Child Development, 1973
Eight- and 9-year-olds (N=56) were studied to determine the degree to which counterconditioning could alter the positive or negative value acquired by a neutral stimulus in a conditioning situation. Dependent measures used to assess the effects of conditioning were found to have no independent effect on subsequent evaluations of the once-neutral…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Elementary School Students, Evaluation, Reinforcement
Evidence for the Unconditionability of the Babkin Reflex in Newborns
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Sostek, Anita M.; And Others – Child Development, 1972
The Babkin reflex is a reaction to the simultaneous pressing of the palms of the hands of the infant. (Authors)
Descriptors: Classical Conditioning, Comparative Analysis, Conditioning, Control Groups
Conditional Discrimination Learning in Children: Two Relevant Factors
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Doan, Helen McK.; Cooper, Deborah L. – Child Development, 1971
Descriptors: Conditioning, Cues, Discrimination Learning, Kindergarten Children
Attentional Responses of Five-Month Girls to Discrepant Auditory Stimuli
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Melson, William H.; McCall, Robert B. – Child Development, 1970
Descriptors: Attention, Auditory Stimuli, Conditioning, Females
Interactions Between the Facilitative and Inhibitory Effects of a Punishing Stimulus in the Control of Children's Hitting Behavior
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Katz, Roger C. – Child Development, 1971
Study investigated the effects of a response-produced intense-noise stimulus (punishment) on the extinction of children's hitting behavior. (Author)
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Behavioral Science Research, Conditioning, Data Analysis
The Child's Behavioral Pattern as a Determinant of Maternal Punitiveness.
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Mulhern, Raymond K., Jr.; Passman, Richard H. – Child Development, 1979
Acting on the premise that she was teaching her son a task, each of 30 mothers selected consequences for her child's errors. In actuality, feedback to the mother regarding her son's performance was experimentally manipulated. Results showed that differential conditioning of both high and low maternal punitiveness could be achieved by using the…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Conditioning, Early Childhood Education, Feedback