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Peer reviewedButler, Gordon S.; Rabinowitz, F. Michael – Child Development, 1981
Describes two experiments conducted to explain why retarded children of younger mental age appear to be more selective on discrimination tasks containing relevant redundant cues than do children of older mental age. Findings are consistent with the hypothesis that the latter group of children are overselective because they tend to solve…
Descriptors: Children, Dimensional Preference, Discrimination Learning, Learning Problems
Download full textIndiana Univ., Bloomington. – 1971
The results of a group of studies, the objective of which was to clarify the conditions that account for the effectiveness of verbal approbation, are reported. Among the most significant findings were: (1) that the reinforcement properties of verbal approval are susceptible to distortion, misinterpretation or enhancement and must be applied in a…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Discrimination Learning, Learning
