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The Salience of Orientation in Young Children's Perception of Form
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McGurk, Harry – Child Development, 1972
Results indicate that for children in this study's age range orientation is a less salient discriminative cue than either size or color. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Dimensional Preference, Discrimination Learning, Orientation, Preschool Children
Perceptual Inadequacy and Communicative Ineffectiveness in Interpersonal Communication
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Longhurst, Thomas M.; Turnure, James E. – Child Development, 1971
Investigation indicates that perceptual inadequacy must be controlled in studies that utilize ambiguous, novel or nonsense designs in stimulus materials. (Authors)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Problems, Discrimination Learning, Perception
An Experimental and Ethological Analysis of Social Reinforcement with Retarded Children
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Paris, Scott G.; Cairns, Robert B. – Child Development, 1972
Research combined an experimental analysis of the cue properties of evaluative comments with a naturalistic account of the functions that such events serve in everyday interchanges. (Authors)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children, Interaction Process Analysis, Mental Retardation
The Effects of Verbal and Visual Highlighting on Discrimination Learning By Preschoolers and Second Graders
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Yussen, Steven R. – Child Development, 1972
Results revealed that (1) relevant verbal experience facilitated learning only for preschoolers, (2) irrelevant verbal experience did not interfere with learning, and (3) visual highlighting exerted no significant effects. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Discrimination Learning, Grade 2, Learning Processes