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Botvinik-Nezer, Rotem; Bakkour, Akram; Salomon, Tom; Shohamy, Daphna; Schonberg, Tom – Learning & Memory, 2021
It is commonly assumed that memories contribute to value-based decisions. Nevertheless, most theories of value-based decision-making do not account for memory influences on choice. Recently, new interest has emerged in the interactions between these two fundamental processes, mainly using reinforcement-based paradigms. Here, we aimed to study the…
Descriptors: Reinforcement, Preferences, Decision Making, Behavior Change
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Wigglesworth, Jennifer; Heintzman, Paul – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2021
In the current study, the researchers qualitatively explored the life significance of a university summer outdoor education (OE) course. The data included 15 in-depth interviews with alumni who had participated in one of the university's summer OE courses over 20 years ago. The researchers interpretively analyzed the interview transcripts and…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Outdoor Education, College Students, Alumni
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Ghasemi, Farshad; Karimi, Mohammad Nabi – Middle School Journal, 2021
In all educational settings, teachers are likely to encounter learners with different emotional and cognitive characteristics, particularly learners who are demotivated or disengaged and as a result misbehave in the classroom. Learned helplessness (LH) is associated with such emotional and motivational deficits in academic performance. This study…
Descriptors: Helplessness, Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Intervention
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Fernando, Anushka B. P.; Urcelay, Gonzalo P.; Mar, Adam C.; Dickinson, Anthony; Robbins, Trevor W. – Learning & Memory, 2014
Safety signals provide "relief" through predicting the absence of an aversive event. At issue is whether these signals also act as instrumental reinforcers. Four experiments were conducted using a free-operant lever-press avoidance paradigm in which each press avoided shock and was followed by the presentation of a 5-sec auditory safety…
Descriptors: Reinforcement, Operant Conditioning, Safety, Anxiety
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Okinaka, Takeru; Shimazaki, Tsuneo – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
A reversal design was used to evaluate the effects of vocal and written prompts as well as reinforcement on safe behavior (dismounting and walking bicycles or motorcycles on a sidewalk) on a university campus. Results indicated that an intervention that consisted of vocal and written prompts and reinforcement delivered by security guards was…
Descriptors: Influences, Reinforcement, Prompting, College Students
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McClean, Brian; Grey, Ian – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2012
Background: Positive behaviour support emphasises the impact of contextual variables to enhance participation, choice, and quality of life. This study evaluates a sequence for implementing changes to key contextual variables for 4 individuals. Interventions were maintained and data collection continued over a 3-year period. Method: Functional…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Health Conditions, Quality of Life
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Navakatikyan, Michael A.; Davison, Michael – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2010
Dynamical models based on three steady-state equations for the law of effect were constructed under the assumption that behavior changes in proportion to the difference between current behavior and the equilibrium implied by current reinforcer rates. A comparison of dynamical models showed that a model based on Navakatikyan's (2007) two-component…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Reinforcement, Equations (Mathematics), Models
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Tien, Flora F. – International Journal of Educational Development, 2007
This paper aims at exploring how faculty research behaviour changes before, during, and after promotion. Testing research hypotheses generated from behavioral reinforcement theory and an alternative claim on the learning effect of familiarity with publishing norms, the study collects career history data and longitudinal records on faculty research…
Descriptors: Incentives, Reinforcement, Behavior Change, Foreign Countries
Maggs, Alex – Australian Journal of Mental Retardation, 1973
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Development, Exceptional Child Education
Thompson, L. J. – 1978
The question examined by this study was: Are the traditional reinforcers common to many planned programs of reinforcement in the classroom relevant and meaningful to the pupils themselves? Data is reported from a questionnaire administered to seven-year-old pupils, ten-year-old pupils, and their teachers. A discrepancy was found between reward…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
MacLeech, Bert, Ed.; Schrader, Donald R., Ed. – 1969
Lectures are concerned with the nurturing of intellect by Maurice Freehill, a new concept in rehabilitation by Bert MacLeech, principles of residential therapy as a tool of rehabilitation by Edward L. French, the progress of special education by Romaine P. Mackie, and behavior principles by Norris G. Haring. The priorities and territories of…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Change, Comparative Education, Educational Philosophy
Maggs, Alexander – CORE: Collected Original Resources in Education, 1977
This project successfully taught specific language-based concepts to retarded children with a behavior modification approach and direct verbal instruction, resulting in general intellectual gains. (See TM 504 595 for availability). (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education