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Nevin, John A.; Shahan, Timothy A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
Behavioral momentum theory provides a quantitative account of how reinforcers experienced within a discriminative stimulus context govern the persistence of behavior that occurs in that context. The theory suggests that all reinforcers obtained in the presence of a discriminative stimulus increase resistance to change, regardless of whether those…
Descriptors: Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Children, Behavior Modification
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Windholz, George; Lamal, P. A. – Teaching of Psychology, 1986
Contrary to widely held belief, Watons and Rayner's (1920) experiment with Little Albert is not first reported case of classical conditioning of a child. Their work was preceded by that of Bogen and of Krasnogorskii. Mateer's work either preceded or coincided with Watons and Rayner's. This article clarifies chronology of these early studies of…
Descriptors: Child Psychology, Children, Classical Conditioning, Clinical Psychology