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Redd, William H.; Winston, Andrew S. – Child Development, 1974
The relative effectiveness of positive and negative adult preference statements in controlling children's behavior was studied. Results indicated that the adult's antecedent negative comments exerted greater control over the children than did the positive comments. (ST)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Discrimination Learning, Feedback, Preschool Children
Reeves, John M.; Michael, William B. – 1972
The purpose of this investigation was to ascertain whether the age specific expectations of Piaget's theory (1965) regarding the development of moral judgment in children from four to seven years of age were modifiable through use of a certain adaptation of Bandura and McDonald's imitative learning paradigm which had utilized adult models. In this…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Behavior Development, Behavioral Science Research, Child Psychology