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The Conditioning and Reversal of Reward Value
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Parker, Ronald K.; Rugel, Robert P. – Child Development, 1973
Eight- and 9-year-olds (N=56) were studied to determine the degree to which counterconditioning could alter the positive or negative value acquired by a neutral stimulus in a conditioning situation. Dependent measures used to assess the effects of conditioning were found to have no independent effect on subsequent evaluations of the once-neutral…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Elementary School Students, Evaluation, Reinforcement
Delayed Reinforcement and Vocalization Rates of Infants
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Ramey, Craig T.; Ourth, L. Lynn – Child Development, 1971
Results of this study indicate that learning occurred only under immediate reinforcement and that there was no developmental trend in the ability to withstand the detrimental effects of delayed reinforcement. (WY)
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Infants, Learning, Operant Conditioning
Maternal Ratings of Temperament and Operant Learning in Two- to Three-Month-Old Infants.
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Dunst, Carl J.; Lingerfelt, Barbara – Child Development, 1985
Relationship between maternal ratings of temperament and operant learning was examined in 18 2- to 3-month-old infants. Subjects participated in a conjugate reinforcement experiment; mothers of subjects completed the Carey and McDevitt Revised Infant Temperament Questionnaire 2 to 3 days before the learning study. Two temperament dimensions,…
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Learning, Mother Attitudes, Operant Conditioning
Interactions Between the Facilitative and Inhibitory Effects of a Punishing Stimulus in the Control of Children's Hitting Behavior
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Katz, Roger C. – Child Development, 1971
Study investigated the effects of a response-produced intense-noise stimulus (punishment) on the extinction of children's hitting behavior. (Author)
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Behavioral Science Research, Conditioning, Data Analysis
Synchronous Reinforcement of Vocal Responses in Failure-To-Thrive Infants
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Ramey, Craig T.; And Others – Child Development, 1972
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Data Analysis, Extinction (Psychology), Infant Mortality
The Child's Behavioral Pattern as a Determinant of Maternal Punitiveness.
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Mulhern, Raymond K., Jr.; Passman, Richard H. – Child Development, 1979
Acting on the premise that she was teaching her son a task, each of 30 mothers selected consequences for her child's errors. In actuality, feedback to the mother regarding her son's performance was experimentally manipulated. Results showed that differential conditioning of both high and low maternal punitiveness could be achieved by using the…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Conditioning, Early Childhood Education, Feedback