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Partong, David A.; Fouts, Gregory T. – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Positive Reinforcement, Reinforcement, Responses
Download full textSachs, David A. – 1972
Three studies, using handicapped children, investigated: effects of three different reinforcement contingencies (positive reinforcement, removal of positive reinforcement, and combination of positive reinforcement and removal of positive reinforcement) on a steady-state discrimination task; effect of a conditioned emotional response procedure on a…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Handicapped Children
Peer reviewedJohnson, Denise; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1978
Nine mentally handicapped adults were studied in order to assess the differential susceptibility of mentally handicapped individuals to sensory and social reinforcers. (Author/BD)
Descriptors: Adults, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation
Blair, John Raymond – 1971
This investigation attempted to clarify the effects of different classes of reinforcement on the size discrimination learning of normal and low achieving third grade middle class boys. The classes of reinforcement consisted of tangible reinforcement, person reinforcement (praise), and performance reinforcement (correctness of response). Each of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Discrimination Learning, Grade 3, Learning Motivation
Goldstein, Sondra Blevins; Siegel, Alexander W. – 1971
Eighty-four nine year old children, twelve in each of seven experimental groups, learned a two-choice successive discrimination problem. The parameters that were systematically manipulated included: (1) immediate versus delayed reinforcement; and (2) forced preresponse stimulus exposure versus stimulus exposure during the delay interval,…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Learning, Learning Processes, Perception
Peer reviewedCairns, Robert B. – Child Development, 1970
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Extinction (Psychology), Negative Reinforcement, Positive Reinforcement
Hamilton, Marshall L. – J Genet Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Conditioning, Discrimination Learning, Learning Motivation
Mankinen, Richard; And Others – 1970
To differentiate behaviorally, success-strivers and failure-avoiders within a group of educable mentally handicapped, two experiments were conducted. The effects of learning potential status (gainers, nongainers, high scorers) and motivational style (success strivers, failure avoiders) on discrimination learning when reinforcement was varied was…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Behavior Change, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research
SPENCE, JANET T. – 1966
AS PART OF THE RESEARCH ON THE INFLUENCE OF RESPONSE-CONTINGENT REINFORCERS ON THE LEARNING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING BEHAVIOR OF CHILDREN, THE EFFECTS OF A LIMITED NUMBER OF VARIABLES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF CHILDREN OF THREE AGE LEVELS (4-5, 7-8, AND 10-11), SELECTED EQUALLY FROM MIDDLE- AND LOWER-CLASS BACKGROUNDS, WERE INVESTIGATED. THE EXPERIMENTAL…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Learning Processes, Lower Class, Middle Class
Indiana Univ., Bloomington. – 1971
The results of a group of studies, the objective of which was to clarify the conditions that account for the effectiveness of verbal approbation, are reported. Among the most significant findings were: (1) that the reinforcement properties of verbal approval are susceptible to distortion, misinterpretation or enhancement and must be applied in a…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Discrimination Learning, Learning
Peer reviewedDeneke, R. J.; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1979
Reports that praise and extrinsic reinforcers, such as candy, increased the rate of letter recognition in preschool children and that the increase was partially maintained when the reinforcement was removed. (FL)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Early Childhood Education, Language Research, Learning Motivation
Gagne, Ellen D.; Biddle, W. Barry – 1972
The purpose of the study was to test the discriminative cue hypothesis by attempting to train pupils to increase effort following a high expectancy condition and to reduce effort following a low expectancy condition. Fourth grade high-IQ low achievers were used as subjects in the study, because the authors felt that while they would learn fast,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cues, Discrimination Learning, Elementary School Students
