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Insalaco, Carl; Massey, Phillip S. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedCairns, Robert B. – Child Development, 1970
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Extinction (Psychology), Negative Reinforcement, Positive Reinforcement
Hamilton, Marshall L. – J Genet Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Conditioning, Discrimination Learning, Learning Motivation
Download full textMankinen, Richard; And Others – 1970
To differentiate behaviorally, success-strivers and failure-avoiders within a group of educable mentally handicapped, two experiments were conducted. The effects of learning potential status (gainers, nongainers, high scorers) and motivational style (success strivers, failure avoiders) on discrimination learning when reinforcement was varied was…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Behavior Change, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research
SPENCE, JANET T. – 1966
AS PART OF THE RESEARCH ON THE INFLUENCE OF RESPONSE-CONTINGENT REINFORCERS ON THE LEARNING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING BEHAVIOR OF CHILDREN, THE EFFECTS OF A LIMITED NUMBER OF VARIABLES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF CHILDREN OF THREE AGE LEVELS (4-5, 7-8, AND 10-11), SELECTED EQUALLY FROM MIDDLE- AND LOWER-CLASS BACKGROUNDS, WERE INVESTIGATED. THE EXPERIMENTAL…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Learning Processes, Lower Class, Middle Class
Gagne, Ellen D.; Biddle, W. Barry – 1972
The purpose of the study was to test the discriminative cue hypothesis by attempting to train pupils to increase effort following a high expectancy condition and to reduce effort following a low expectancy condition. Fourth grade high-IQ low achievers were used as subjects in the study, because the authors felt that while they would learn fast,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cues, Discrimination Learning, Elementary School Students
