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Feuerbacher, Erica; Wynne, Clive D. L. – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2012
Despite the intimate relationship dogs share with humans in Western society, we know relatively little about the variables that produce and maintain dog social behavior towards humans. One possibility is that human social interaction is itself a reinforcer for dog behavior. As an initial assessment of the variables that might maintain dog social…
Descriptors: Animals, Animal Behavior, Interaction, Reinforcement
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Yurovsky, Daniel; Boyer, Ty W.; Smith, Linda B.; Yu, Chen – Developmental Science, 2013
Learning about the structure of the world requires learning probabilistic relationships: rules in which cues do not predict outcomes with certainty. However, in some cases, the ability to track probabilistic relationships is a handicap, leading adults to perform non-normatively in prediction tasks. For example, in the "dilution effect,"…
Descriptors: Cues, Prediction, Infants, Cognitive Ability
Feil, Edward G.; Frey, Andy; Walker, Hill M.; Small, Jason W.; Seeley, John R.; Golly, Annemieke; Forness, Steven R. – Grantee Submission, 2014
The field of early intervention is currently faced with the challenge of reducing the prevalence of antisocial behavior in children. Longitudinal outcomes research indicates that increased antisocial behavior and impairments in social competence skills during the preschool years often serve as harbingers of future adjustment problems in a number…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Preschool Children, Behavior Problems, Comparative Analysis
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Feil, Edward G.; Frey, Andy; Walker, Hill M.; Small, Jason W.; Seeley, John R.; Golly, Annemieke; Forness, Steven R. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2014
The field of early intervention is currently faced with the challenge of reducing the prevalence of antisocial behavior in children. Longitudinal outcomes research indicates that increased antisocial behavior and impairments in social competence skills during the preschool years often serve as harbingers of future adjustment problems in a number…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Preschool Children, Behavior Problems, Comparative Analysis