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Peer reviewedRedd, William H.; Winston, Andrew S. – Child Development, 1974
The relative effectiveness of positive and negative adult preference statements in controlling children's behavior was studied. Results indicated that the adult's antecedent negative comments exerted greater control over the children than did the positive comments. (ST)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Discrimination Learning, Feedback, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedMcCullers, John C.; Martin, Judith A. Gardner – Child Development, 1971
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Feedback, Grade 4, Motivation
Peer reviewedGholson, Barry; O'Connor, Joseph – Child Development, 1975
Groups of second grade and college students were presented with a series of three-alternative, four-dimensional discrimination problems that contained probes for the subject's hypothesis. Subjects received either complete feedback or partial feedback. In the latter condition, when subjects were told their response choice was incorrect the correct…
Descriptors: Dimensional Preference, Discrimination Learning, Feedback, Higher Education
