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Peer reviewedKymissis, Effie; Poulson, Claire L. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1994
Five male preschool children were studied to determine the extent to which the generalized motor imitation model applies to vocal imitation. The use of a reinforced-imitation condition produced a systematic increase in verbal matching responses among three of the five children, which is consistent with previous studies. (SW)
Descriptors: Conditioning, Imitation, Observational Learning, Preschool Children
Direct linkGena, Angeliki; Couloura, Sophia; Kymissis, Effie – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2005
The purpose of this study was to modify the affective behavior of three preschoolers with autism in home settings and in the context of play activities, and to compare the effects of video modeling to the effects of "in-vivo" modeling in teaching these children contextually appropriate affective responses. A multiple-baseline design across…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Modification, Preschool Children, Autism
