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Peer reviewedMcGraw, Kenneth O.; McCullers, John C. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1974
To determine whether the distraction effect associated with material rewards in discrimination learning can account for the superior performance of reward groups in probability learning, the performance of 144 school children (preschool, second, and fifth grades) on a two-choice successive discrimination task was compared under three reinforcement…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Discrimination Learning, Elementary School Students, Motivation
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 reviewedBrannigan, Gary G.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1974
Investigates third- and fourth-grade children's verbal evaluations of syllables paired with different reward schedules (full, partial, or none) for "pleasantness" and "curiosity." (Author/ED)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Conditioning, Cues, Curiosity
Peer reviewedBrannigan, Gary G. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1977
This study was designed to investigate the role of the social desirability response tendency in the discrimination learning of first and fifth grade children. (BD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cues, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Education
Download full textSiegel, Alexander W.; Van Cara, Flo – 1970
One hundred and eight kindergarten and elementary school children, 36 at each of three age levels (5, 7, and 9 years) participated in the experiment. All children were presented a three-part successive discrimination task; original learning, presentation of incidental stimuli, and a test of recongition and recall of the incidental material.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Discrimination Learning, Elementary School Students, Incidental Learning
