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Saigh, Philip A.; Antoun, Fuad T. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Studied the relationship between Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised) scores obtained through three testing conditions (praise, neutral feedback, and token reinforcement) and previous records of academic achievement for conduct-disordered adolescent girls (N=51). Results showed that regardless of testing conditions, the subtests were…
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Kieffer, David A.; Goh, David S. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1981
There were no predominant trends of reward preferences among different social classes. Both individual and social rewards effectively raised IQ scores of low socioeconomic status children and reduced the differences in IQ scores between the two groups. (Author/JAC)
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