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| Associative Learning | 1 |
| Infant Behavior | 1 |
| Operant Conditioning | 1 |
| Reinforcement | 1 |
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| Social Behavior | 1 |
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| Bloom, Kathleen | 1 |
| Esposito, Anita | 1 |
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Peer reviewedBloom, Kathleen; Esposito, Anita – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1975
Presents two studies which investigated the effects of social stimulation on infant's vocalization rates. Experiment I focused on response-contingent and response-independent social stimulation. Experiment II focused on continuous or omitted social stimulation. In both studies, social stimulation increased vocalization and the rate of responding…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Infant Behavior, Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement
