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Peer reviewedSullivan, 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
Peer reviewedSostek, Anita M.; And Others – Child Development, 1972
The Babkin reflex is a reaction to the simultaneous pressing of the palms of the hands of the infant. (Authors)
Descriptors: Classical Conditioning, Comparative Analysis, Conditioning, Control Groups
Peer reviewedGekoski, 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
Peer reviewedRamey, Craig T.; Ourth, L. Lynn – Child Development, 1971
Results of this study indicate that learning occurred only under immediate reinforcement and that there was no developmental trend in the ability to withstand the detrimental effects of delayed reinforcement. (WY)
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Infants, Learning, Operant Conditioning
Peer reviewedFagen, 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
Peer reviewedMelson, William H.; McCall, Robert B. – Child Development, 1970
Descriptors: Attention, Auditory Stimuli, Conditioning, Females
Peer reviewedFinkelstein, Neal W.; Ramey, Craig T. – Child Development, 1977
A sample of 34 infants participated in 3 experiments designed to determine whether experience with response-contingent stimulation would enhance an infant's subsequent learning performance. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Attention, Contingency Management, Environment, Infants
Peer reviewedRamey, Craig T.; And Others – Child Development, 1972
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Data Analysis, Extinction (Psychology), Infant Mortality
