The Role of Response--Reinforcer Relationship in Discrimination Learning of Mentally Retarded Persons.

Delprato, Dennis J.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ311819

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Publication Date: 1984

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The Role of Response--Reinforcer Relationship in Discrimination Learning of Mentally Retarded Persons.

Delprato, Dennis J.; And Others

American Journal of Mental Deficiency, v89 n3 p267-74 Nov 1984

The role of the spatial relationship between target responses and reinforcers in the discrimination learning of six mentally retarded adults was evaluated. Results showed that discrimination performance was more efficient in the experimental condition (reinforcement located near the correct cue) than the control condition (reinforcement in common central location). (Author/CL)

Descriptors: Adults, Cues, Discrimination Learning, Severe Mental Retardation, Spatial Ability

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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