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The Role of the Nucleus Accumbens in Knowing when to Respond
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Singh, Teghpal; McDannald, Michael A.; Takahashi, Yuji K.; Haney, Richard Z.; Cooch, Nisha K.; Lucantonio, Federica; Schoenbaum, Geoffrey – Learning & Memory, 2011
While knowing what to expect is important, it is equally important to know when to expect it and to respond accordingly. This is apparent even in simple Pavlovian training situations in which animals learn to respond more strongly closer to reward delivery. Here we report that the nucleus accumbens core, an area well-positioned to represent…
Descriptors: Rewards, Classical Conditioning, Behavior Modification, Operant Conditioning
Effects of Increasing and Decreasing Reward Magnitude and Pre-experimental Persistence Level of Focal and Incidental Responses
Nakamura, Charles Y. – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Research supported in whole by Public Health Service Grant HD-00908 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement, Responses
Operant Facilitation During a Pre-Reward Stimulus: Differential Effects in Human Subjects
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Remington, R. E.; Strongman, D. T. – British Journal of Psychology, 1972
Study was designed to investigate the effects of signalled non-contingent reward on the operant behaviour of human subjects. (Authors)
Descriptors: Conditioning, Operant Conditioning, Positive Reinforcement, Psychological Studies
AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR CLASSROOM USE WITH THE POORLY MOTIVATED STUDENT. FINAL REPORT.
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SCHWITZGEBEL, ROBERT – 1967
AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM OF SMALL TRANSCEIVER UNITS, PACKAGED IN A BELT WORN BY STUDENTS IN CLASS, WAS DESIGNED TO TRANSMIT LIGHT SIGNALS AND VIBRA-TACTILE CODED MESSAGES BETWEEN STUDENTS AND A COUNSELOR AT A CLINIC SCHOOL. FOUR MALE ADOLESCENTS SELECTED FOR LOW MOTIVATION, AGGRESSIVE CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR, AND HIGH PEER-GROUP RATING REPORTED THEIR TIME…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Attention Span
Discrimination Learning in Children as a Function of Verbal-Reinforcement Combination and Information
Hamilton, Marshall L. – J Genet Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Conditioning, Discrimination Learning, Learning Motivation
The Effects of Verbally Controlled Success and Failure Conditions of Persistent Behavior.
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Moore, J. William; Holmes, Suzy – 1969
Seventy-two sixth graders, stratified on the basis of sex and two levels of IQ (high and low) were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups: (1) Group I (success only); (2) Group II (failure only); and (3) Group III (success and failure). These subjects (Ss) were used to investigate the effects of verbally controlled success and failure…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Failure, Learning, Learning Experience
Effects of Varying Amount of Reward in Free Operant Conditioning of Humans on a Fixed-Ratio Schedule
Webb, James T.; Hirschfield, Paul P. – Psychol Rep, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Experiments
Modification of a Deviant Sibling Interaction Pattern in the Home.
O'Leary, K. Daniel; And Others – Behav. Res. & Therapy, 1966
Experimental modification of destructive and assaultive sibling interaction was carried out within the home environment. Two brothers (6 and 3 years old) were treated through token positive reinforcement techniques in an effort to improve their behavior towards each other. A "time out" from reinforcement procedures involved an isolation period for…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Conditioning
The Experimental Analysis of Behavior in the Education of Socially Disadvantaged Children and Youth (West Point Farms, New York, November 30-December 2, 1966).
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Yeshiva Univ., New York, NY. Ferkauf Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences. – 1966
This conference report consists of two presented papers and a selected bibliography. The paper by Joan Gussow, "Behavioral Management and Educational Goals," is concerned with operant conditioning as a theory of learning and an instructional method. Basing their methods on the work of B.F. Skinner, educators who are proponents of this…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Conditioning