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Affect and Self-Gratification
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Underwood, Bill; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1973
A direct induction of mood was employed to determine the role of affect in self-gratification. (Authors)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Data Analysis, Grade 3, Self Reward
Some Determinants of Children's Self-Reward Behavior after Exposure to Discrepant Reward Criteria
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Stouwie, Roger J.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1970
Descriptors: Achievement, Elementary School Students, Examiners, Personality Development
Modeled Standards of Self-Reward and Observer Performance
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Kunce, Joseph T.; Thelen, Mark H. – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Observed liberal-stringent model behavior significantly affected both the subject's subsequent self-reward behavior and performance. (Authors)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Delinquency, Imitation, Males
Effects of Success, Failure, and Reward Outcome Upon Contingent and Noncontingent Self-Reinforcement
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Masters, John C. – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Results of the present study show that children by the age of 7 have internalized systematic if not complex rules concerning the conditions under which they may engage in self-gratification. (Author)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Failure, Reinforcement
Effects of Social Comparison upon Children's Self-Reinforcement and Altruism toward Competitors and Friends
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Masters, John C. – Developmental Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Friendship, Peer Relationship, Positive Reinforcement, Preschool Children
Effects of Race, Socioeconomic Status and Success or Failure upon Contingent and Noncontingent Self-Reinforcement in Children
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Masters, John C.; Peskay, Joel – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Black children of both SES levels behave like lower-SES white children showing a relatively high level of self gratification. (Authors)
Descriptors: Feedback, Grade 2, Interaction Process Analysis, Racial Factors
Social Comparison, Task Motivation, and the Development of Self-Evaluative Standards in Children.
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France-Kaatrude, Anne-Claire; Smith, William P. – Developmental Psychology, 1985
First- and fourth-grade children who were given the opportunity to compare performances with a similarly performing peer (a) chose to compare more often, (b) persisted at the task for more trials, and (c) self-rewarded on a smaller proportion of the trials, than did children offered comparison with a consistently superior or inferior peer.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Grade 4
Affect and Altruism
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Moore, Bert S.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1973
Results of this experiment demonstrate that brief, even fleeting, affective experiences appear to have significant implications for behavior toward others. The transient experience of positive affect makes children more generous to others, while the equally ephemeral experience of negative affect appears to make them more niggardly. (Authors)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Altruism, Childhood Attitudes, Data Analysis
Self-Reinforcement vs. External Reinforcement in Behavior Modification With Children.
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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