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Peer reviewedSullivan, 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
Peer reviewedGluck, John P.; Sackett, Gene P. – Developmental Psychology, 1976
Rhesus monkeys were reared in total isolation, in partial isolation, or under normal conditions with access to mothers and peers. Each group was compared on the rate of acquisition of a simple operant response. (GO)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Conditioning, Disadvantaged Environment, Infants
Peer reviewedTomlinson-Keasey, C. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Conditioning, Data Analysis, Family Environment
Download full textRovee-Collier, Carolyn K.; And Others – 1979
Three-month-old infants learned to activate a crib mobile by means of operant footkicks. Retention of the conditioned response was assessed in the presence of the nonmoving mobile. Although forgetting is typically complete after an 8-day retention interval, infants who received a reactivation treatment, a brief exposure to the reinforcer 24 hours…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Early Experience, Infants, Memory
Reeback, Robert T. – 1968
Seven 18- to 32-month-old children received from seven to 26 experimental sessions each between October 1966 and April 1967. A session lasted from 5 to 15 minutes and concerned control over the verbal responses of the children with token-operated reinforcement devices. In order to make the results of the experimental sessions meaningful, an…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Infant Behavior, Infants, Language Acquisition
