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Horan, John J.; And Others – 1974
This series of papers was presented in a symposium on behavior therapy. Each paper represents a separate study focusing on one aspect of behavior modification. The issue of reinforcement is prominant with regard to its type and source. Methods of self-reinforcement and older-peer modeling are studied. The suggestion that subjects who reinforce…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Conferences, Operant Conditioning
Simkins, Lawrence; Kingery, Martha – J Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Motivation, Perception
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Bartol, Geoffrey H.; Duerfeldt, Pryse H. – Journal of General Psychology, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, College Students
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Johnson, Stephen M. – Developmental Psychology, 1970
The purpose of this study was to examine self-reinforcement as an agent of behavior change with children who were deficient in desired attention behaviors. Twenty three first and second grade school children were taught through external reinforcement procedures to raise their level of attention on a simple discrimination task. Subjects in one…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Behavior Change, Behavior Standards, Behavioral Science Research