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A Reexamination of the Role of Incentive in Children's Discrimination Learning
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McCullers, John C.; Martin, Judith A. Gardner – Child Development, 1971
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Feedback, Grade 4, Motivation
The Effects of Reward and Punishment Upon Children's Attention, motivation, and Discrimination Learning
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Witte, Kenneth L.; Grossman, Eugene E. – Child Development, 1971
Descriptors: Attention, Discrimination Learning, Kindergarten Children, Motivation
Response Perseveration and Response Shift in Young Children Following Reward and Nonreward
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Berman, Phyllis W. – Child Development, 1973
If learning is viewed in terms of the tendency to approach a stimulus that has been rewarded and to avoid a stimulus that has not been rewarded, then it must be concluded that the subjects in this study did not learn. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Discrimination Learning, Preschool Children, Responses
Effects of Achievement Standards, Tangible Rewards, and Self-dispensed Achievement Evaluations on Children's Task Mastery
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Masters, John C.; And Others – Child Development, 1977
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Mastery Learning, Preschool Education, Rewards
Stimulus Novelty as a Variable in Children's Win-Stay, Lose-Shift Discrimination Learning Set
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Berman, Phyllis W. – Child Development, 1971
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Data Analysis, Discrimination Learning, Motivation
Effect of Reinforcement Conditions on a Discrimination Learning Task for Impulsive versus Reflective Children
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Hemry, Frances P. – Child Development, 1973
First-grade boys (N=260) were classified according to response style on a continuum of reflectivity-impulsivity using Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test. For all groups, performances were poorest under reward conditions and better under the punishment and reward plus punishment conditions. (ST)
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, Discrimination Learning, Grade 1, Individual Differences