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Download full textAscione, Frank R.; Burchard, John D. – 1971
Through an experimental analysis, this study demonstrates characteristics of both observer-produced and punishment-produced suppression of cheating behavior. The research procedure, designed to eliminate the interpretative difficulties of prior, comparable research, is fully elaborated. Two delinquent, retarded, adolescent boys served as subjects.…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Cheating
Clinton, LeRoy – 1970
This study investigated the effects of between-trials variability on the alternation discrimination of retardates. Brightness and size were variable between trials and irrelevant. Initial response outcome and mental age were also independent variables. Neither between-trials variability nor mental age produced a significant main effect, while the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedTramontana, Joseph; Shivers, Ora – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Discrimination Learning, Language Patterns
Redd, William H.; Birnbrauer, J. S. – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Research supported in part by National Institute of Mental Health, Project Grant MH-14914.
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Change Agents, Cues
Peer reviewedFrisch, Sue Ann; Schumaker, Jean B. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1974
Three retarded children 3- to 11-years-old were trained, using prompting and reinforcement procedures, to respond correctly to three categories of prepositional requests (next to, under, and on top of). (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Language Instruction
Gardner, James M.; And Others – 1969
The bibliography on learning in mentally handicapped persons is divided into the following topic categories: applied behavior change, classical conditioning, discrimination, generalization, motor learning, reinforcement, verbal learning, and miscellaneous. An author index is included. (KW)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Bibliographies, Conditioning, Discrimination Learning
Mankinen, Richard; And Others – 1970
To differentiate behaviorally, success-strivers and failure-avoiders within a group of educable mentally handicapped, two experiments were conducted. The effects of learning potential status (gainers, nongainers, high scorers) and motivational style (success strivers, failure avoiders) on discrimination learning when reinforcement was varied was…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Behavior Change, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research
Chaney, Clara M.; Kephart, Newell C. – 1968
Written from a developmental viewpoint, this book for parents and teachers presents both a theoretical orientation and perceptual motor activities for training children with learning disabilities, both the brain injured and the retarded. The theoretical basis for training generalized motor responses is considered in terms of motor perceptual…
Descriptors: Auditory Training, Behavior Change, Discrimination Learning, Educational Games
PDF pending restorationPerlman, Joseph; Stober, Marvin – 1976
Provided is a selected review of research on the education and training of the severely to profoundly mentally retarded which was reported in academic and professional publications in the years 1969 - 1975. Sections present bibliographic information and annotations for approximately 164 citations in the following eight research categories (sample…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Behavior Change, Communication Skills, Discrimination Learning
