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Peer reviewedBaer, Donald M. – Human Development, 1976
It is through the selection of responses that are to serve as the organism's guests that many of the organism's characteristics and outcomes are determined. (MS)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Cognitive Ability, Learning Theories, Operant Conditioning
Peer reviewedReese, Hayne W. – Human Development, 1976
Discusses the work of S. H. White, W. F. Overton and D. M. Baer. (MS)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Learning Theories, Models, Operant Conditioning
Peer reviewedDusek, J. B.; Meyer, W. J. – Human Development, 1980
The philosophies underlying the learning and structural theories used in psychology are described in this article. It is argued that a dialectical view provides some ways to breach the chasm between learning theory and the study of human development. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Individual Development, Learning Theories, Models
Peer reviewedHoyer, W. J. – Human Development, 1980
Several different conceptions of the relationship between learning and development are considered in this article. It is argued that dialectical and ecological developmental orientations might provide a useful basis for synthesizing the contrasting frameworks of the operant, information processing, learning theory, and knowledge acquisition…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Individual Development, Information Processing, Learning
Peer reviewedReese, H. W. – Human Development, 1980
Criticizes the operant approach to the study of life span development from a theoretical behaviorism view. It is argued that the operant approach is too limited in its scope to enhance significantly the conceptualization and understanding of life span development. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Psychology, Imitation
