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Peer reviewedFagot, Beverly I. – Developmental Psychology, 1985
Based on observations of children ages 21-25 months in play groups, investigates reactions of both peers and teachers to behaviors that could be identified and coded as male, female, or neutral. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Negative Reinforcement, Positive Reinforcement, Preschool Teachers, Sex Differences
Peer reviewedBarton, Edward J.; Ascione, Frank R. – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Examines the effects of frequency and contingency of reinforcement on the social deprivation-satiation phenomenon. Third- and fourth-grade children were given pretraining involving variations of reinforcement in the form of praise. In a subsequent discrimination test, correct responses were consistently praised. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Contingency Management, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Positive Reinforcement
Peer reviewedHarter, Susan – Developmental Psychology, 1975
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Cognitive Development, Discrimination Learning, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedFranks, Adele; Berg, W. Keith – Developmental Psychology, 1975
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Infants, Reinforcement, Sex Differences
Peer reviewedYarrow, Marian R.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Adults, Behavioral Science Research, Individual Characteristics, Reinforcement
Peer reviewedCaron, Rose F.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1971
Experiment demonstrates that the reinforcing efficacy of visual feedback is related to its degree of redundancy. (WY)
Descriptors: Feedback, Infant Behavior, Redundancy, Reinforcement
Peer reviewedKanfer, Frederick H.; Zich, Jane – Developmental Psychology, 1974
The effects of extent and kind of external control during training on later resistance to temptation were examined in preschool children. Boys transgressed significantly more quickly than girls. (ST)
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Reinforcement, Self Control, Sex Differences
Peer reviewedDmitruk, Victor M. – Developmental Psychology, 1973
A study of children's incentive preferences revealed reliable age and sex differences, and significant discrepancies with adults' estimates of what children like. Implications for research with children are discussed. (DP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Motivation, Reinforcement
Peer reviewedDusek, Jerome B. – Developmental Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Bias, College Students, Elementary School Students, Researchers
Peer reviewedMoore, Shirley G.; Henderson, Bruce – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Effects of instruction and reward contingency on conformity to a prohibition were studied in preschoolers. Instructions were varied in terms of explicitness and reward was either contingent or not contingent upon following the instructions. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Contingency Management, Positive Reinforcement, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedMasters, John C. – Developmental Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Friendship, Peer Relationship, Positive Reinforcement, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedAllen, Sara A.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1971
Reinforcement conditions of approval, disapproval, or silence were used during a discrimination task assigned to 96 boys and 96 girls. Children receiving criticism responded at slower rates and made more errors than children receiving praise or silence. Retention was measured after 8 days. Results suggest that disapproval negatively affects both…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Learning, Motivation
Peer reviewedZytkoskee, Adrian; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Expectation, Grade 9
Peer reviewedEtaugh, Claire; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1975
Examined sex differences in the play preferences of 2-year-old nursery school children and determined whether teachers of this age group reinforce female sex-typed behaviors as do teachers of older preschoolers. (SDH)
Descriptors: Identification (Psychology), Infant Behavior, Observation, Play
Peer reviewedRamey, Crain T.; Watson, John S. – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Findings indicate that infant boys may be more easily conditioned by visual reinforcement than are girls. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Behavioral Science Research, Conditioning, Data Analysis
