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| Discrimination Learning | 1 |
| Early Childhood Education | 1 |
| Imitation | 1 |
| Operant Conditioning | 1 |
| Reinforcement | 1 |
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| Developmental Psychology | 1 |
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| Rice, Marine E. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedRice, Marine E. – Developmental Psychology, 1976
This study assessed the adequacy of Gewirtz's interpretation of vicarious reinforcement and examined the development of responsiveness to vicarious reinforcement in an experiment in which 98 children (21/2-5 years) performed a discrimination problem while being exposed to a model who was either rewarded or punished on each trial. (SB)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Early Childhood Education, Imitation, Operant Conditioning
