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Cohen, Stewart; Przybycien, Collette A. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1974
The influence of peer models on changing the impulsive response styles of fourth and sixth grades was experimentally investigated. (DP)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Observational Learning, Peer Relationship
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Fouts, Gregory; Liikanen, Pirkko – Child Development, 1975
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Imitation
Halpin, Gerald; Landreneau, Eric – 1977
Three randomly assigned groups of sixth grade students watched a videotaped white female model present sets of responses to a creativity test categorized as low flexibility, low originality; high flexibility, low originality; and high flexibility, high originality. A randomly assigned control group viewed the same videotaped model giving…
Descriptors: Creativity, Creativity Research, Creativity Tests, Educational Research
Lounsbury, Karen Rasmussen; Bell, Corinne Reed – 1976
An experimental investigation of the transition from associative play to cooperative play was conducted to determine if cooperative play in young children could be facilitated by (1) presenting a toy that required cooperative responses to make it operate, and (2) instructing the children in the use of the toy prior to having them play with it. A…
Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Observational Learning, Peer Relationship, Play
Lamal, P.A.; And Others – 1974
This study investigated the effect of being imitated on the behavior of preschool children. Twenty-two children were employed in a "marble game," which consisted of dropping a marble into one of three holes in a wooden box. Procedure trials occurred across four phases in an ABAB design: baseline, imitation, reversal, and imitation again. During…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Imitation, Middle Class, Models
Prakash, A. Om – 1973
Forty-eight white elementary school students, ages 6 to 10, received experimental treatments consisting of modeling and social reinforcement contingencies designed to influence their racial preferences. Social reinforcement significantly increased the modification of racial preferences during the treatments; modeling had a sustaining influence on…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Imitation, Observational Learning
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Stone, Gerald L.; Vance, Adrian – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1976
Effects of instructions, modeling, and rehearsal in training college students in empathic communication were investigated. Analysis of responses indicated that improvement in empathic communication occurred for all training groups. Specific instructions appeared to be a critical factor in facilitating written performance. Modeling seemed to be…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, College Students, Communication Skills, Empathy
Suessmuth, Patrick – Canadian Training Methods, 1978
The article presents techniques to improve the use of observers in group training activities where participants observe the exercises and provide feedback to the group. Four figures give guidelines for using materials and procedures with these techniques. (MF)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Feedback, Group Activities, Group Discussion
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Donohue, Thomas R. – Journal of Broadcasting, 1977
Discusses research on how television affects standards of conduct and behavior. Overall finding is that television is providing mostly innocuous behavioral models for emotionally disturbed children, providing support for the notion that emotionally disturbed children are less inclined than normal children to accept adult or authoritarian figure…
Descriptors: Behavior, Broadcast Television, Emotional Disturbances, Handicapped Children
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Peck, Charles A.; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1978
Two peer-imitation training procedures, each consisting of adult-delivered prompts and social reinforcement, were employed in two separate experiments to increase five retarded preschool children's imitation of their four nonretarded classmates' free-play behavior. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Imitation, Mental Retardation, Observational Learning
Thomas, Jerry R.; And Others – Research Quarterly, 1977
Performance of seven- and nine-year old children in a balance task was found to be similar when no demonstration was provided while initial demonstration improved the performance of both groups. Demonstration at an intermediate point in the task facilitated the nine-year-olds' performance but was detrimental to the performance of the younger…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Elementary School Students, Modeling (Psychology)
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Parton, David A. – Child Development, 1976
Theories of imitation learning are examined regarding their account of how the infant acquires the ability to emit a response which resembles a response previously exhibited by another. The role of cognition in imitation learning theory is discussed. (BRT)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Imitation, Infant Behavior, Infants
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Hopper, Marianne – Urban Life, 1977
Studies the shifts in perspective that take place as young men move from the status of private citizens to that of probationary police officers. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Job Training, Males
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Gould, Madelyn S.; And Others – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1988
Replicated a New York City study of completed suicides by persons 19 years old or younger, in metropolitan districts of Ohio, Texas and California, following broadcast of four fictional television films on suicide. Found the impact of movies varied by metropolitan area. Analyzed geographic differences in suicide response, emphasizing that…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Epidemiology, Geographic Distribution
Trimm, Wayne – Outdoor Communicator, 1987
Describes and illustrates how to make and use portable, lightweight tree stands for use as nature observation platforms. Offers conservation and safety precautions. (NEC)
Descriptors: Construction (Process), Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Naturalistic Observation
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