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Download full textGIBSON, ELEANOR J. – 1966
BOTH COGNITIVELY-ORIENTED AND RESPONSE-ORIENTED THEORIES OF PERCEPTUAL LEARNING ARE DISCUSSED AND CONTRASTED WITH A STIMULUS-ORIENTED THEORY. PERCEPTUAL LEARNING IS DEFINED AS AN INCREASE IN SPECIFICITY OF DISCRIMINATION OF THE STIMULUS INPUT. THE AUTHOR DESCRIBED WHAT IS LEARNED IN PERCEPUTAL LEARNING AS () THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THINGS, (2)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Learning Experience, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedBartholomeus, Bonnie N.; Doehring, Donald G. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Error Patterns
Peer reviewedFergenson, P. Everett; Teichner, Warren H. – Journal of General Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Cues, Discrimination Learning
Peer reviewedOkada, Yoshio C. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1978
The attention hypothesis of Zeaman and House is examined through a systematic, computer-simulation analysis of the parameter interactions found in One-Look model. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children
Peer reviewedTempone, Vincent J.; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Decision Making
Peer reviewedKral, Paul A. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Cues, Discrimination Learning
Peer reviewedSnider, James G.; Drakeford, Grant C. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Discrimination Learning
Peer reviewedClouse, Bonnidell – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cues, Discrimination Learning
Peer reviewedSmothergill, Daniel W.; Cook, Harold – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Learning Theories
Stemmer, Nathan – 1976
One of the most important capacities which children employ when learning language is the capacity to generalize. A child who hears an utterance of a verbal expression while perceiving a particular object (or action, aspect, etc.) becomes normally able to apply the expression not only to this object but also to all those objects which, for him, are…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Child Language, Cognitive Processes
SHANTZ, CAROLYN UHLINGER; SIGEL, IRVING E. – 1967
PIAGET HAS BEEN CONCERNED WITH THE ASSESSMENT OF THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF CONSERVATION AND RELATED PROCESSES, BUT HE HAS NOT FOCUSED EXPERIMENTALLY ON THE FACTORS WHICH CAN ACCOUNT FOR THE LEARNING OF CONSERVATION. TO INVESTIGATE SUCH FACTORS, RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED (1) TO DETERMINE THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF TWO PARTICULAR GROUP TRAINING…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Testing
Nunnally, Jum C. – 1968
The research concerned the association of neutral objects, such as nonsense syllables, with rewards, such as money and candy, in children. Thirty-six subjects were obtained from grades two through six of local public elementary schools in Nashville, Tennessee. Associations between neutral objects and rewards were formed in a task concerning…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Attention Control, Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning
Guthrie, John T.; Baldwin, Thelma L. – 1969
The occurrence of the two allomorphs of the indefinite article in standard English ("a" before nouns or noun clauses beginning with consonant sounds and "an" before those beginning with vowel sounds) is a concept similar to those studied in the general concept formation paradigm. The acquisition of this grammatical concept was examined using 80…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
Jensen, Kai – 1968
Simple and complex learning and problem solving situations were employed with mentally retarded children and adults. In the Rotation-Discrimination Complex and the Size-Discrimination Simple experiments, upper and lower test achievement subgroups were subjected to two basic types of visual discrimination at different levels of task complexity.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Conservation (Concept)
Bernard, Michael E.; Klausmeier, Herbert J. – 1973
The purpose of this study was to empirically test a set of predictions implied by the Model of Conceptual Learning and Development using the concept of cutting tool. Four subtests were developed to assess a subject's ability to perform at each of four successive levels of concept attainment (concrete, identity, classificatory and formal). In…
Descriptors: Age, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes
