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Download full textIndiana Univ., Bloomington. – 1971
The results of a group of studies, the objective of which was to clarify the conditions that account for the effectiveness of verbal approbation, are reported. Among the most significant findings were: (1) that the reinforcement properties of verbal approval are susceptible to distortion, misinterpretation or enhancement and must be applied in a…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Discrimination Learning, Learning
Staats, Arthur W.; And Others – 1970
An experiement was conducted to test the hypothesis that interest inventory items would function as reinforcing stimuli in a visual discrimination task. When previously rated liked and disliked items from the Strong Vocational Interest Blank were differentially presented following one of two responses, subjects learned to respond to the stimulus…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Conditioning, Discrimination Learning
