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Reijntjes, Albert; Dekovic, Maja; Vermande, Marjolijn; Telch, Michael J. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2007
The present study examined the linkage between pre-adolescent children's depressive symptoms and their preferences for receiving positive vs. negative feedback subsequent to being faced with an experimentally manipulated peer evaluation outcome in real time. Participants (n = 142) ages 10 to 13, played a computer contest based on the television…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement, Computers, Games
MELARAGNO, RALPH J. – 1960
AN EXPERIMENT TO COMPARE SPACED NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT, MASSED NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT, AND POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT IN AUTOMATED TEACHING IS DESCRIBED. THREE GROUPS OF COLLEGE FRESHMEN WERE USED IN THE STUDY. EACH GROUP WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL CONTAINING AMBIGUOUS IMFORMATION INTERSPERSED AMONG MEANINGFUL INFORMATION. ONE GROUP RECEIVED A…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Feedback, Negative Reinforcement