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Peer reviewedMoore, Bert S.; And Others – Child Development, 1976
Seventy-six preschool children were given instructions designed to evoke a positive, negative, or neutral mood; they were subsequently given a choice between an immediately available but less perferred reward or a delayed, preferred reward. (BRT)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Delay of Gratification, Preschool Children
Download full textTarte, Robert D. – 1972
Five studies are reported which examine the free vs. earned reward phenomenon in humans. The 420 subjects were distributed over all grade levels from preschool through college. Candies and coins were used as rewards. In preschool through sixth grade groups, black, as well as white subjects and experimenters were used. The California Psychological…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns
