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Effects of Task Complexity and Verbal Evaluation on the Learning of Normals and Schizophrenics
Streiner, David L. – J Abnorm Psychol, 1969
Article based on a doctoral dissertation submitted to Syracuse University. Reprints from D.L. Streiner, Department of Psychiatry, Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital, P.O. Box 585, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Discrimination Learning, Learning Theories, Predictive Validity
Introtacts as Predictors of Discrimination Performance in Kindergarten Children
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Spiker, Charles C.; Cantor, Joan H. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1977
Kindergarten children were given simultaneous discrimination tasks with two irrelevant dimensions varying within settings. Prior to each block of feedback trials, the children were asked to provide a statement of the solution. The trial block on which the correct relevant dimension was first verbalized was found to be predictive of discrimination…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten Children
Observer Perseverance as Related to a Model's Success: A Social Comparison Analysis
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Berger, Seymour M. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Models, Opinions, Peer Relationship
Note on the Predictive Validity of Hammill and Irwin's Abstraction Test
Blount, William R. – Psychol Rep, 1969
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Disadvantaged, Discrimination Learning, Elementary School Students
Relationship Between Task Difficulty and the Criterion: Should We Measure Early or Late?
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Levine, Edward L.; Weitz, Joseph – Journal of Applied Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Difficulty Level, Discrimination Learning, Individual Differences