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A Conditioning Analysis of Infant Long-Term Memory.
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Sullivan, Margaret W.; And Others – Child Development, 1979
Assesses the long-term retention of conditioned operant footkicks by three-month-old infants. Views a conditioning analysis as a logical means by which to bridge the gap between animal and adult human models of memory. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Conditioning, Infants, Memory, Motor Reactions
Noncontingent Stimulation, Stimulus Familiarization, and Subsequent Learning in Young Infants.
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Gekoski, Marcy J.; Fagen, Jeffrey W. – Child Development, 1984
Results obtained from 27 infants ranging in age from 10 to 12 weeks indicated that infants develop expectancies regarding how stimuli occurring in particular contexts should behave based on their prior experiences with these stimuli. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Expectation, Infant Behavior, Infants, Operant Conditioning
Infant Temperament and Subject Loss Due to Crying during Operant Conditioning.
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Fagen, Jeffrey W.; And Others – Child Development, 1987
Sixty-five infants (mean age of 111 days) who failed to complete a two-day operant-conditioning task were compared with a stratified random sample of those who did on measures of infant temperament and several demographic characteristics. A discriminant-function analysis was performed. (Author/BN)
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Demography, Discriminant Analysis, Infants
Maternal Ratings of Temperament and Operant Learning in Two- to Three-Month-Old Infants.
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Dunst, Carl J.; Lingerfelt, Barbara – Child Development, 1985
Relationship between maternal ratings of temperament and operant learning was examined in 18 2- to 3-month-old infants. Subjects participated in a conjugate reinforcement experiment; mothers of subjects completed the Carey and McDevitt Revised Infant Temperament Questionnaire 2 to 3 days before the learning study. Two temperament dimensions,…
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Learning, Mother Attitudes, Operant Conditioning
The Analysis of Correspondence Training as a Chain Reinforceable at Any Point.
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Paniagua, Freddy A.; Baer, Donald M. – Child Development, 1982
Three experiments analyze correspondence training as a chain of five events consisting of a promise, a series of behaviors leading from the promise to its nonverbal fulfillment (called "intermediate behavior"), a nonverbal behavior that fulfills the promise, a verbal report, and a nonverbal (or reported) behavior. Eight three- to…
Descriptors: Behavior Chaining, Contingency Management, Operant Conditioning, Positive Reinforcement
The Child's Behavioral Pattern as a Determinant of Maternal Punitiveness.
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Mulhern, Raymond K., Jr.; Passman, Richard H. – Child Development, 1979
Acting on the premise that she was teaching her son a task, each of 30 mothers selected consequences for her child's errors. In actuality, feedback to the mother regarding her son's performance was experimentally manipulated. Results showed that differential conditioning of both high and low maternal punitiveness could be achieved by using the…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Conditioning, Early Childhood Education, Feedback