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Download full textWagner, Gregory A.; Morris, Edward K. – 1980
This paper examines the acquisition of superstitious behavior in young children. Six preschool children were exposed to a 15 minute fixed-time inter-reinforcement interval (FT-15") schedule while another six preschoolers were exposed to a 30 minute fixed-time inter-reinforcement interval (FT-30") schedule. In a free-operant laboratory…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Individual Differences, Operant Conditioning, Preschool Children
Goetz, Elizabeth M.; And Others – 1973
The generalization of "trained" creativity in easel painting to untrained creativity in blockbuilding was examined in two preschool boys. Verbal reinforcement of every different form painted in a picture increased both the number of different forms per picture and new forms (those appearing for the first time in the total output of…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Art Activities, Behavior Development, Behavioral Science Research
