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Establishing Discriminative Stimulus Control Within Generalized Oddity Performance, Without Reinforcement
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Bucher, Bradley – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1975
Two experiments examined conditions under which complex discriminative behaviors could be established and maintained by reinforcement given concurrently for performance at related tasks. Results indicated that durable stimulus control of oddity responding could be obtained for two cue dimensions for which oddity responding was never reinforced.…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Emotional Disturbances, Handicapped Children, Reinforcement
Conditions Governing Nonreinforced Imitation
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Bandura, Albert; Barab, Peter G. – Developmental Psychology, 1971
Findings of the present experiment reveal that discrimination processes play an influential role in nonreinforced imitation in severly retarded children. (WY)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children, Imitation, Mental Retardation
Dimensional Shifts and Cue Retention in Retardate Discrimination Learning
Cunningham, Thomas F. – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Effects of Varying Delay of Reinforcement and Postreinforcement Intervals on Learning of Retardates
Keeley, Stuart M.; Sprague, Robert L. – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Research supported in part by Public Health Service grant NB-07346 from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Feedback, Handicapped Children, Learning Motivation
The Discrimination Learning of Normal and Retarded Children as a Function of Penalty Conditions and Etiology of the Retarded
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Harter, Susan; And Others – Child Development, 1971
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children, Learning Theories
The Effects of Differential Reinforcement Conditions and the Conditioned Emotional Response on Discrimination Learning. Final Report.
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Sachs, David A. – 1972
Three studies, using handicapped children, investigated: effects of three different reinforcement contingencies (positive reinforcement, removal of positive reinforcement, and combination of positive reinforcement and removal of positive reinforcement) on a steady-state discrimination task; effect of a conditioned emotional response procedure on a…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Handicapped Children
The Effects of Summated Stimuli with Retarded Children
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Melnick, Joseph – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1972
The stimulus summation hypothesis predicts that the response strength of individual stimuli, when placed in combination, algebraically summate to produce a greater response strength than that of individual stimuli. (Author)
Descriptors: Conditioning, Discrimination Learning, Extinction (Psychology), Handicapped Children
Some Considerations and Tactics for Improving Discrimination Learning.
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Westling, David L.; Koorland, Mark A. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1979
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children, Records (Forms)
Effects of Rate of Stimulus Presentation and Penalty Conditions on the Discrimination Learning of Normal and Retarded Children
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Harter, Susan; Zigler, Edward – Developmental Psychology, 1972
The effects of rate of stimulus presentation and reinforcement conditions on the two-choice discrimination learning performance of MA matched normal and familial retarded children were examined. (Authors)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children
Facilitation of Repeated Free Operant Discrimination Reversals
Toister, Richard P.; Birnbrauer, J. S. – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Experiment 1 supported in part by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Research Grant M2232. Experiment 2 submitted as the senior author's PhD dissertation at the University of Miami and supported by NIMH grant MH-14914.
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Extinction (Psychology), Handicapped Children, Mental Retardation
Some Variables Affecting Children's Compliance with Instructions
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Bucher, Bradley – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1973
Results imply that sets of instructions may form a response class, with characteristics similar to those found in studies of generalized imitation. (Author)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Data Analysis, Discrimination Learning, Emotional Disturbances
Field Trials of a New Procedure for Toilet Training
Van Wagenen, R. Keith; and others – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Research supported in part by OE Project 5-0415.
Descriptors: Conditioning, Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children, Infant Behavior
Adults as Discriminative Stimuli for Different Reinforcement Contingencies with Retarded Children
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