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Download full textSchaeffer, Leonard; Schaeffer, Joan – 1969
A program for secondary remedial reading instruction was developed to use operant conditioning techniques with the following major objectives: (1) to train the student to decode words systematically, (2) to develop the student's verbal repertoire, (3) to improve reading comprehension, and (4) to shape scholarly attitudes and behavior. Pupils were…
Descriptors: Delayed Speech, Operant Conditioning, Reading Comprehension, Remedial Programs
Paris, Scott G.; Cairns, Robert B. – 1971
The effectiveness of positive and negative evaluative comments for children's learning was assessed in a two-choice discrimination task. Results indicate that negative comments after incorrect responses greatly facilitated learning while positive comments after correct responses had little effect. To explain the findings, a naturalistic analysis…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Elementary School Students, Learning, Learning Motivation
Indiana Univ., Bloomington. – 1971
The results of a group of studies, the objective of which was to clarify the conditions that account for the effectiveness of verbal approbation, are reported. Among the most significant findings were: (1) that the reinforcement properties of verbal approval are susceptible to distortion, misinterpretation or enhancement and must be applied in a…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Discrimination Learning, Learning
Peer reviewedSteigleder, Michele K.; And Others – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1978
A series of five experiments revealed a striking point-for-point correspondence between the effects of a reinforcer in escape conditioning and the effects of competition cessation in competitive performance. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Competition, Motivation, Negative Reinforcement, Operant Conditioning
Peer reviewedCavanagh, Patrick; Davidson, Michael L. – Developmental Psychology, 1977
Results of an experiment with 6-month-old infants showed that response-independent auditory-visual reinforcement can elicit learned responses and that action-consequence learning in infants may consist of a combination of elicitation and conditioning. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Infants, Learning, Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement
Waryas, Paul A. – Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders, 1985
A procedure is described that uses operant conditioning principles to shape earphone wearing in block-dropping play audiometry. Vibrotactile stimulation is used as the first step in testing difficult-to-test children. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Hearing Impairments, Operant Conditioning, Testing
Peer reviewedEnright, Mary K.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1983
A total of 30 infants with an average age of 83.4 days were trained for one l8-minute, two nine-minute, or three six-minute sessions separated by 24-hour intervals in order to investigate long-term retention of operant foot kicking acquired in the mobile conjugative reinforcement paradigm. (Author/CI)
Descriptors: Infants, Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement, Retention (Psychology)
Van Kirk, Barbara – Rehabilitation Literature, 1972
Descriptors: Operant Conditioning, Program Descriptions, Speech Therapy, Stuttering
Block, James D.; And Others – Child Develop, 1970
Descriptors: Heart Rate, Mental Retardation, Operant Conditioning, Responses
Doctor, Ronald M. – Journal of Experimental Research in Personality, 1971
Descriptors: Bias, Cognitive Processes, Expectation, Verbal Operant Conditioning
Uleman, James S.; VandenBos, Gary R. – Journal of Experimental Research in Personality, 1971
Descriptors: Personality Studies, Reinforcement, Responses, Verbal Operant Conditioning
Peer reviewedHersen, Michel; Sudik, Ellen – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Perception, Verbal Operant Conditioning
Peer reviewedStewart, Denton J.; Resnick, Jerome H. – Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1970
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Delinquency, Verbal Operant Conditioning
Daniels, Aubrey C. – Contemp Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Environmental Influences, Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement
Direct linkReed, Derek D.; Critchfield, Thomas S.; Martens, Brian K. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2006
A mathematical model of operant choice, the generalized matching law was used to analyze play-calling data from the 2004 National Football League season. In all analyses, the relative ratio of passing to rushing plays was examined as a function of the relative ratio of reinforcement, defined as yards gained, from passing versus rushing. Different…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Mathematical Models, Play, Operant Conditioning
