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Peer reviewedCooperman, Marc; Child, Irvin L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1971
The present study attempted to duplicate earlier findings and to investigate the effects of mechanical as well as personal reinforcement. However, the acquisition and extinction differences between oral and anal scoring types reported in the earlier studies were not obtained with either personal or mechanical reinforcement. (Author)
Descriptors: Conditioning, Negative Reinforcement, Positive Reinforcement, Psychological Characteristics
Peer reviewedRachlin, Howard – Psychological Review, 1973
Article reviews evidence on the effects of contrast and matching, that these effects are related, and that both effects are reactions to the same independent variable. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Conditioning, Negative Reinforcement
McReynolds, Leija V. – J Speech Hearing Disor, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Conditioning, Exceptional Child Services, Negative Reinforcement
Peer reviewedVollmer, Timothy R.; Iwata, Brian A. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1992
This paper reviews the functional properties and procedural variations of differential reinforcement for the reduction of behavior disorders in individuals with developmental disabilities. The paper proposes that limited success may be a result of the arbitrary relationship that exists between reinforcers and target behaviors when behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Developmental Disabilities, Negative Reinforcement
Piper, Terrence J. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1970
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Expectation, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation
Insalaco, Carl; Massey, Phillip S. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Hamilton, Marshall L. – J Genet Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Conditioning, Discrimination Learning, Learning Motivation
Download full textSPENCE, 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
Loveland, Kathryn Kernodle; Olley, J. Gregory – 1977
In order to clarify the conditions under which material rewards have a detrimental effect upon children's later interest in the rewarded task, the effect of a reward for drawing was measured with 24 preschool children ranging in age from 34 to 40 months. The children were grouped as high or low in initial interest on the basis of observation of…
Descriptors: Contingency Management, Interests, Learning Motivation, Learning Processes
Garris, Raymond P. – 1972
The author uses a developmental model (1) to describe the developmental reinforcement process as it occurs in a child's life, using a hierarchical concept, and (2) to discuss some educational consequences of a reinforcement deficit. The developmental reinforcement process is composed of a hierarchy of four levels. Development takes place in…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Childhood Needs, Educational Theories, Learning Theories
Dickinson, John – 1976
This book explores some of the basic principles of behavior which have been derived from the study of operant conditioning and considers the phenomenon of sport in society in the light of these principles. First, some of the terms used in Skinnerian behavioral analysis are defined and explained. The second section examines the reinforcements…
Descriptors: Athletics, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories
Mehrabian, Albert – 1970
In this book, the principles of behavior modification are presented as a set of guidelines for identifying recurrent behavior patterns and are then applied as techniques to change various undesirable behaviors. Progressively more complex steps toward behavior modification and its social influence are cited and illustrated in chapters which deal…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Behavior Theories
