A group of 40 fifth grade boys and girls worked at a wheel-turning task in which each child could select, on each trial, how many wheel turns would earn a token exchangeable for either two or ten seconds of cartoon-viewing time. (Author/JMB)

It was concluded from the date that satiation plays a determining role in the continued utilization of an acquired response while distraction is a primary determinant of acquisition rate. (Authors)

It was hypothisized that socialization within an achievement-oriented culture would encourage children to adjust the amount of self reward according to length and difficulty of a task. Task length but not difficulty was found to influence a self reward in second grade children. (ST)

No reliable IQ differences were found when the Stanford-Binet was administered to 100 4-year-old Negro children under two conditions of language (Standard English and Negro dialect) and two conditions of reinforcement (praise and candy). (Author/WY)

Study attempts to clarify the attentional versus perceptual learning functions of presence of the discriminative stimuli during delay. (Authors)

Study designed to reveal some of the intermediate skills which might account for the superior academic performance of children who perceive their reinforcements in those situations as caused by their own behavior (internal control). (Authors)

Results indicated that the normal achievers learned more effectively under person and performance reinforcement than under tangible reinforcement, whereas the reverse was true for low achievers. (Author)

This study examined variables related to problem-solving approaches of young children, using the theoretical framework provided by Zigler and collaborators in their work on outerdirectedness. Four aspects of outerdirectedness were examined: developmental trends, different types of reinforcement, task difficulty, and pride in accomplishment. (ST)