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| Discrimination Learning | 1 |
| Educational Research | 1 |
| Mental Retardation | 1 |
| Positive Reinforcement | 1 |
| Research Methodology | 1 |
| Rewards | 1 |
| Verbal Operant Conditioning | 1 |
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| Southern Journal of… | 1 |
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| Hester, Bob F. | 1 |
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Hester, Bob F.; And Others – Southern Journal of Educational Research, 1976
An institutionalized, retarded, adult male's response to verbal commands was increased through the use of positive control of a discriminative stimulus. Operant conditioning was noted as a possible means of enabling retarded individuals to acquire behaviors fundamental to a self-help repetoire. (Editor)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Educational Research, Mental Retardation, Positive Reinforcement
