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Peer reviewedWhitman, Thomas L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1982
Three studies examining the effects of correspondence training (reinforcement for matching verbal and nonverbal behavior) with 22 mildly and moderately retarded students revealed that the approach can be used to decrease maladaptive and increase adaptive behavior and that it can produce generalized behavior change. (CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Generalization, Mental Retardation, Nonverbal Learning
Download full textSeitz, Sue; Goulding, Peggy – 1968
The effects of prompting and confirmation on automated presentation of materials in discrimination learning were studied. Eight pairs of words or pictures were presented to 48 mentally retarded subjects (mean IQ 63, mean chronological age 163.4 months, mean mental age 103.3 months). Each subject's correct responses advanced the program and, in the…
Descriptors: Automation, Cues, Exceptional Child Research, Learning
