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Download full textWalls, Richard T. – 1968
One control group and eight experimental groups, each composed of 12 first grade children, participated in this experiment. It was designed to investigate the effects of frequency of reinforcement and repeated evaluation of stimuli on the conditioning of preferences. Each child participated in the experiment for seven consecutive school days. The…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedRedd, William; Wheeler, Andrew J. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1973
Investigates the role of instructions in operant conditioning research with children. Subjects are verbally instructed to make an unreinforced response while an incompatible response is monetarily rewarded. Examines the effects of experimenter presence and characteristics of the adult giving the instructions. (DP)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Operant Conditioning
Peer reviewedRedd, William H. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1974
In two experiments involving a two-choice marble dropping game children responded more to social control than to the magnitude of the reward. (ST)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavioral Science Research, Experimenter Characteristics, Grade 1
