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| Imitation | 1 |
| Positive Reinforcement | 1 |
| Preschool Children | 1 |
| Responses | 1 |
| Stimulus Generalization | 1 |
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Peer reviewedParton, David A.; Priefert, Maria J. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1975
This study examines the possibility that the relational stimulus arising from being imitated serves a reinforcing function. A total of 48 preschool children performed a task in which some neutral stimuli were repeatedly associated either with an adult's matching the subject's behavior or the adult's mismatching the subject's behavior. (Author/GO)
Descriptors: Imitation, Positive Reinforcement, Preschool Children, Responses
