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Delayed Reinforcement and Vocalization Rates of Infants
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Ramey, Craig T.; Ourth, L. Lynn – Child Development, 1971
Results of this study indicate that learning occurred only under immediate reinforcement and that there was no developmental trend in the ability to withstand the detrimental effects of delayed reinforcement. (WY)
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Infants, Learning, Operant Conditioning
Maternal Ratings of Temperament and Operant Learning in Two- to Three-Month-Old Infants.
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Dunst, Carl J.; Lingerfelt, Barbara – Child Development, 1985
Relationship between maternal ratings of temperament and operant learning was examined in 18 2- to 3-month-old infants. Subjects participated in a conjugate reinforcement experiment; mothers of subjects completed the Carey and McDevitt Revised Infant Temperament Questionnaire 2 to 3 days before the learning study. Two temperament dimensions,…
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Learning, Mother Attitudes, Operant Conditioning
The Conditioning and Reversal of Reward Value
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Parker, Ronald K.; Rugel, Robert P. – Child Development, 1973
Eight- and 9-year-olds (N=56) were studied to determine the degree to which counterconditioning could alter the positive or negative value acquired by a neutral stimulus in a conditioning situation. Dependent measures used to assess the effects of conditioning were found to have no independent effect on subsequent evaluations of the once-neutral…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Elementary School Students, Evaluation, Reinforcement
Synchronous Reinforcement of Vocal Responses in Failure-To-Thrive Infants
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Ramey, Craig T.; And Others – Child Development, 1972
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Data Analysis, Extinction (Psychology), Infant Mortality