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Direct linkKeith, Kenneth D. – Teaching of Psychology, 2002
Stimulus discrimination is a standard subject in undergraduate courses presenting basic principles of learning, and a particularly interesting aspect of discrimination is the peak shift phenomenon. Peak shift occurs in generalization tests following intradimensional discrimination training as a displacement of peak responding away from the S+ (a…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Reinforcement, Learning Theories, Stimulus Generalization
Download full textThoresen, Carl E.; And Others – 1973
A nursery school teacher received three types of training in self-observation skills, which were compared with regard to their effects on the accuracy of the self-observations. Minimal training consisted of a brief description of the behaviors to be recorded. The feedback condition incorporated daily information about the accuracy of the…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Behavior Change, Classroom Observation Techniques, Discrimination Learning
Peer reviewedDeneke, R. J.; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1979
Reports that praise and extrinsic reinforcers, such as candy, increased the rate of letter recognition in preschool children and that the increase was partially maintained when the reinforcement was removed. (FL)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Early Childhood Education, Language Research, Learning Motivation
Peer reviewedLancioni, Giullo E. – Psychological Bulletin, 1980
In this article infant operant conditioning studies are grouped according to distinct procedures: free operant; discrete trial with one discriminative stimulus; discrete trial with two or more discriminative stimuli; controlled operant with two or more discriminative stimuli; and unrestricted operant with two or more discriminative stimuli.…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Chaining, Behavior Change, Biological Influences
Massari, David J. – 1971
One hundred twenty-eight preschool boys were subjects in a 4x2x2 factorial design to investigate the change in reinforcer efficacy as a function of prior stimulus exposure. The factors were: (1) amount of repetition, 5, 25, 45, or 65; (2) reinforcer, good or bell; and (3) satiator, good or bell. Two additional groups were run as control groups to…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Discrimination Learning, Extinction (Psychology), Learning
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
Stevenson, Harold W. – 1972
This book is a compilation of literature and research concerning how children learn. The first chapter is a historical introduction to research in learning that summarizes the major developments of the last 100 years and relates these developments specifically to children's learning. The main body of the text is divided into six major topics: (1)…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning, Early Childhood Education
Glaser, Robert – 1968
A report on learning psychology and its relationship to the study of school learning emphasizes the increasing interaction between theorists and educational practitioners, particularly in attempting to learn which variables influence the instructional process and to find an appropriate methodology to measure and evaluate learning. "Learning…
Descriptors: Attention, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Objectives, Discrimination Learning
JOHNSON, EDWARD E.; AND OTHERS – 1967
A STUDY, IN PROGRESS, IS ATTEMPTING TO DETERMINE THE INTERACTION OF VARIOUS REWARD CONDITIONS AND VARIOUS TYPES OF PRESCHOOL EXPERIENCE WITH DISCRIMINATION LEARNING. THE SUBJECTS ARE 240 4- AND 5-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN WITH THREE TYPES OF PRESCHOOL EXPERIENCE--1 TO 3 MONTHS OF HEAD START, 10 TO 12 MONTHS OF HEAD START, AND NO ATTENDANCE IN A PRESCHOOL…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Ruble, Diane N.; Nakamura, Charles Y. – 1972
This study examined variables related to problem-solving approaches of young children, using the theoretical framework provided by Zigler and his collaborators in their work on outerdirectedness. Four aspects of outerdirectedness were examined: developmental trends, effects of different types of reinforcement, effects of task difficulty, and pride…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavioral Science Research, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Walls, Richard T. – 1968
One control group and eight experimental groups, each composed of 12 first grade children, participated in this experiment. It was designed to investigate the effects of frequency of reinforcement and repeated evaluation of stimuli on the conditioning of preferences. Each child participated in the experiment for seven consecutive school days. The…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Piper, Terrence – 1974
The areas of learning theory and classroom applications of that theory are brought together in this booklet. Although it is impossible to provide the answer to every classroom behavior problem, relating the problems and objectives of a given classroom to learning theory should facilitate the development of effective and efficient programs.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Environment, Discrimination Learning
Henderson, Ronald W. – 1971
This paper reports on alternative programs to current educational practice as a means of overcoming some institutional barriers to change. The program reported on the Tucson Early Education Model, a comprehensive educational program which encompasses all of the criterial attributes of the open classroom as specified in the introduction to this…
Descriptors: Child Development, Conditioning, Discrimination Learning, Early Childhood Education
Taber, Julian I.; and Others – 1965
Programed instruction applies what is known about learning to educational psychology. The success of programed learning is determined by the material used and by the construction of this material. In order to construct effective learning sequences, the behavioral end products of instruction must be specified clearly and precisely. The subject…
Descriptors: Branching, Discrimination Learning, Feedback, Individual Differences
ORME, MICHAEL E.J.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF SIX MODES OF TRAINING TEACHERS TO USE PROBING QUESTIONS WAS INVESTIGATED. THE MODES INVOLVED SYMBOLIC MODELING, PERCEPTUAL MODELING, OR BOTH, COUPLED WITH FEEDBACK. AFTER RATINGS OF PERTINENT BEHAVIOR IN A 5-MINUTE LESSON WERE COLLECTED AS PRETRAINING MEASURES, STANFORD TEACHER INTERNS WERE RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED AMONG…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Educational Strategies, Feedback, Films
