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Ratliff, Richard G.; Tindall, Robert C. – Develop Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Grade 4, Reinforcement, Sex Differences
Peer reviewedMaltz, Andrew – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1981
The results showed that the performance of the autistic children was better than the other two groups on concrete discrimination tasks, was poorer than the other two groups on formal discrimination tasks, and the quality of the autistic children's performance decreased as task requirements for formal discrimination increased. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Cognitive Development, Discrimination Learning
Peer reviewedTyler, J.; Hardy, R. C. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1977
To investigate developmental changes across age and sex in acquisition of form discrimination, 40 children aged 3 and 4 were presented with a rotated, letter-like form discrimination matching task. (JC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Discrimination Learning, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedMunson, Stuart; Lehrer, Paul M. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1975
The relative effectiveness of two types of verbal reinforcement and one type of tangible reinforcement on a two-choice discrimination task was determined for middle and lower class male and female preschool children. It is suggested that consideration of baseline and IQ might have reconciled disparate findings of previous studies. (GO)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Intelligence Differences, Positive Reinforcement, Preschool Education
Peer reviewedGollin, Eugene S.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1974
The solution of relational size problems was facilitated when children were told to find the smallest member of the series. Children who could not do so could not solve the problem. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Discrimination Learning, Learning Processes, Serial Ordering
Vaught, Glen M. – Percept Mot Skills, 1969
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Discrimination Learning, Perception Tests, Perceptual Development
Peer reviewedDaehler, Marvin W.; Bukatko, Danuta – Child Development, 1974
Discrimination learning studied in 3-year-olds, indicated that children over 30 months of age did better than younger children, and girls learned faster than boys after the first problem. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Discrimination Learning, Learning, Perceptual Development
Peer reviewedDavis, Clive M.; Segall, Marshall H. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: College Students, Cues, Discrimination Learning, Orientation
Evans, Ross A.; Beedle, Randall K. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1970
A version of the paper was presented at the American Association on Mental Deficiency (Boston, May, 1968). (JM)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Perception
Peer reviewedNyce, Peggy A.; And Others – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1977
Forty-four third graders were given a two-choice conceptual discrimination learning task. The two major factors were (1) four treatment groups varying at the extremes on two personality measures, approval motivation and locus of control and (2) sex. (MS)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Elementary School Students, Locus of Control, Motivation
Peer reviewedDaves, Walter F.; Griffin, Julia W. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Cues, Discrimination Learning, Dogmatism, Interpersonal Relationship
Braun, Carl – Reading Res Quart, 1969
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Discrimination Learning, Reading Interests, Reading Research
Peer reviewedJones, Sandra J. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1970
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Kindergarten Children
Peer reviewedEtaugh, Claire; Duits, Terri – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1990
A group of 76 male and female toddlers identified drawings depicting boys and girls alone or with sex-typical or sex-atypical toys by responding "girl" or "boy,""girls' toy" or "boys' toy." The youngest girls outperformed the youngest boys in identifying toys. Otherwise, responses in general improved with…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Clothing, Cognitive Development, Cues
Peer reviewedFaulkender, Patricia J.; And Others – Child Development, 1974
An evaluation of selective generalization of habituation on the basis of meaningful categories of stimuli. Also explored are the sex differences in conceptual generalization of habituation. Subjects were 36 toddlers with a mean age of 40 months. (SDH)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning, Eye Fixations
