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Imagery and Verbal Mediation in Paired-Associate Learning of Educable Mentally Retarded Adolescents.

Burger, Agnes L.; Blackman, L. S. – Journal of Mental Deficiency Research, 1978
Descriptors: Eidetic Imagery, Exceptional Child Education, Learning Processes, Mediation Theory
Palermo, David S. – 1966
While studies in learning and verbal behavior show that learning comes through paired-associate problems, they do not explain the acquisition of language. Three paradigms demonstrate mediation effect in paired-associate learning: response equivalence, stimulus equivalence, and chaining model. By reviewing children's language acquisition patterns…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Behavioral Science Research, Language Acquisition, Language Experience Approach