Factors Contributing to the Effectiveness of Social and Nonsocial Reinforcers in the Discrimination Learning of Children from Two Socioeconomic Groups.

Spence, Janet Taylor

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Publication Date: 1973

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Factors Contributing to the Effectiveness of Social and Nonsocial Reinforcers in the Discrimination Learning of Children from Two Socioeconomic Groups

Spence, Janet Taylor

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 15, 3, 367-80, Jun 73

Middle- and lower-class children who had been treated by E in a warm or aloof manner were given a discrimination learning task under one of six conditions forming a 3 by 2 design: three reinforcement types (Verbal-intoned, Verbal-nonintoned, or Symbolic) and reinforcement for correct or incorrect responses. (Editor)

Descriptors: Child Psychology, Discrimination Learning, Feedback, Lower Class, Middle Class, Negative Reinforcement, Positive Reinforcement, Social Reinforcement, Socioeconomic Background, Tables (Data)

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