The Development of Responsiveness to Vicarious Reinforcement.

Rice, Marine E.

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Publication Date: 1976

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The Development of Responsiveness to Vicarious Reinforcement

Rice, Marine E.

Developmental Psychology, 12, 6, 540-545, Nov 76

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, Reinforcement

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