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Peer reviewedSimpson, W. E.; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Correlation
Reich, John W.; Woolford, Barbara – J Gen Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Classification, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes
Seligman, Martin E. P. – Psychol Rev, 1970
Descriptors: Conditioning, Discrimination Learning, Language Learning Levels, Learning Motivation
Peer reviewedThurmond, John B. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Discrimination Learning, Error Patterns
Trabasso, Tom; and others – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
"Relations among preschool children's preference for color and form attributes speed of learning an initial problem, and optional shift behavior in discrimination training, were examined in this study supported by the National Institutes of Health. (Author)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attention, Color, Discrimination Learning
Insalaco, Carl; Massey, Phillip S. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Gagne, Robert M.; Rohwer, William D., Jr. – Annu Rev Psych, 1969
Descriptors: Attention, Discrimination Learning, Feedback, Learning
Peer reviewedBerger, David F. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1974
Response rates and latencies of white, lower-, and middle-class preschool children were measured in an experimentally-induced frustration situation. Socioeconomic class differences in frustration situation. Socioeconomic class differences in frustration reactions were found; two possible hypotheses are offered in explanation. (SDH)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Locus of Control, Lower Class, Middle Class
Download full textCormier, William H.; Nye, L. Sherilyn – 1972
A wide variety of counseling techniques based on behavioral principles have been described. While the therapeutic advantages of these techniques have been demonstrated, there is limited evidence to suggest that systematic procedures have been developed to train people to use these techniques. The proposed discrimination model is based on…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Training, Discrimination Learning
Steinman, Warren M. – 1973
Six studies relevant to the analysis of generalized imitative behavior are described. The first examined the role of verbal instructions in generalized imitation by comparing the use of a "do this" instruction with no such instruction and the use of positive reinforcement with no reinforcement. The tenacity of generalized imitation in this study…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Discrimination Learning, Imitation, Instruction
Carpenter, Genevieve C. – 1973
A report is presented which relates to a general hypothesis suggested by previous data on visual response to faces that in the first weeks of life infants develop expectations regarding the human face. Three predictions were made: (1) Silent human faces would elicit less direct regard than faces accompanied by voices; (2) A familiar face would…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Discrimination Learning, Females, Infant Behavior
Peer reviewedVasta, Ross; Teitelbaum, Michael – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1976
This study tested the hypothesis that the reported increase in children's use of prepositional phrases when exposed to novel (inverted) prepositional phrases could be eliminated by discrimination training in two prepositional forms. (Author/MS)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedKendler, Tracy S. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1974
Liniar functions fitted to the proportion of optional reversal shifts as a function of log CA were used to assess the effect of stimulus and training variables on the development of reversal-shift. (ST)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Discrimination Learning, Elementary School Students
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
Cole, Lawrence E.; Kanak, N. Jack – Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Discrimination Learning, Recall (Psychology), Responses
