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Peer reviewedDeckner, C. William; And Others – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1982
A procedure that classifies children according to capacity to sustain adaptive responding without consistent, extrinsic reinforcement was used to assess differences in tolerance for intermittent reinforcement among 21 psychotic children. The procedure was correlated with three prognostically important variables: intelligence measures, social…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Psychosis, Reinforcement, Student Evaluation
Peer reviewedDeckner, C. William; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1982
Procedures were used to assess capacity to sustain adaptive responding and discrimination learning ability in 18 psychotic nonverbal children. It was concluded that the measures had good face validity with respect to assessment of discrimination, learning ability, and tolerance for intermittent reinforcement. (SB)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Emotional Disturbances, Performance Factors, Psychosis
Peer reviewedDeckner, C. William; Blanton, Richard L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1980
A procedure (either computerized or manual) designed to assess the discrimination learning thresholds of low functioning psychotic and retarded children is described. (Author)
Descriptors: Classification, Diagnostic Tests, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research
