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Peer reviewedWilloughby, R. H. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: College Students, Color, Cues, Discrimination Learning
Download full textSchmickley, Verne G. – 1974
The effects of covert operant reinforcement upon remedial reading learning tasks were investigated. Forty junior high school students were taught to imagine either neutral scenes (control) or positive scenes (treatment) upon cue while reading. It was hypothesized that positive covert reinforcement would enhance performance on several measures of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Covert Response, Learning Theories, Motivation
