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Cunningham, Thomas F. – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
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
Download full textSachs, 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
Peer reviewedMelnick, 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
Campione, Joseph C. – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the PhD degree at the University of Connecticut and supported by Grant M-1099 from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Descriptors: Conditioning, Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedRincover, Arnold – Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1978
Two research experiments were conducted to investigate the characteristic of overselective attention of autistic children, which has proven detrimental to learning when prompt fading techniques are used. It was found that autistics often respond exclusively to the prompt (the extra guiding stimulus), and fail to learn about the training stimuli.…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children
Peer reviewedHarter, 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
Peer reviewedBucher, 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
Peer reviewedNicholson, John N.; Gray, Jeffrey A. – British Journal of Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Behavior, Child Development, Development, Discrimination Learning
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
Peer reviewedBartholomeus, Bonnie – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Blindness, Child Development
Peer reviewedDrotar, Dennis – Child Development, 1974
Descriptors: Cues, Discrimination Learning, Elementary School Students, Handicapped 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
Smith, Jerome; Tunick, Jeffrey – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Study supported by grants from the University of Connecticut Research Foundation and from the U.S. Office of Education.
Descriptors: Cues, Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children, Kinesthetic Perception
