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Peer reviewedWeiner, Elliot A.; Weiner, Barbara J. – Journal of School Psychology, 1971
This study investigated the parameters of the social reinforcement labeled indirect reinforcement" and examined its presence and effect in a natural school setting. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Kindergarten Children, Motivation, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedBarling, Julian; Fincham, Frank – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1979
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Intelligence Tests, Motivation
Peer reviewedQuay, Lorene C. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975
Descriptors: Black Youth, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Intelligence Quotient
Peer reviewedRosswork, Sandra G. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1977
In a sentence-completion task, eighty sixth-grade students were assigned specific difficult goals or general goals ("do your best"). Subjects received one of four levels of monetary incentive. Specific difficult goals produced higher performance than nonspecific across various incentive conditions, and maintained those levels when previously…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Goal Orientation, Intermediate Grades, Learning Motivation
Peer reviewedSlavin, Robert E. – Review of Educational Research, 1977
The reward structure of a classroom refers to the rules under which students are reinforced for academic achievement. Various types of interpersonal reward structures--competitive, cooperative, and independent--are discussed. Studies of the effects of rewards on performance, attitudes and interpersonal relations are reviewed, emphasizing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Research, Literature Reviews, Motivation
Peer reviewedWalker, Hill M.; Buckley, Nancy K. – Psychology in the Schools, 1972
Results of this study provided indirect support for Marshall's (1965) Hypothesis with regard to the informational versus motivational properties of punishment (punishment of specific responses has discriminative or informative value, whereas punishment applied to the situation may have primary motivational value). (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Problems, Feedback, Motivation
Peer reviewedKroes, William H. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1973
It was hypothesized that an enhancement of goal objects would occur for children who were frustrated from receiving these goal objects. Three dependent measures were used to measure the frustration effects: size estimation, verbal evaluation, and selective attention. (Author)
Descriptors: Children, Data Analysis, Goal Orientation, Measurement
Spence, Janet Taylor – Child Develop, 1970
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Failure, Grade 2, Grade 3
Peer reviewedFox, Robert; And Others – Early Child Development and Care, 1983
Four severely behaviorally disturbed children ranging in age from three years seven months to six years ten months participated in a reinforcer preference study. Results of individual exposure to social, primary, or social/primary reinforcer classes within a standardized task-instruction format indicated task performance was equivalent across…
Descriptors: Autism, Classroom Techniques, Motivation, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedYukl, Gary A.; And Others – Personnel Psychology, 1976
Results of this study indicate that sample group of unskilled laborers were more productive working under a schedule of continuous reinforcement than under a varied schedule, despite higher average earnings during the latter program. (RW)
Descriptors: Incentives, Motivation, Operant Conditioning, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedFish, Barry; Karabenick, Stuart Alan – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Individual Power, Motivation
Peer reviewedDeci, Edward L. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Evaluation, Motivation
Peer reviewedMosley, James L. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1971
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Motivation, Performance Factors
Blank, Harriett D.; Monge, Rolf H. – Psychol Rep, 1970
Descriptors: Adults, Behavioral Science Research, Females, Group Dynamics
Development of Independence: Locus of Control, Achievement Motivation and Self vs. Adult Evaluation.
PDF pending restorationDickie, Jane R.; Mast, Vicki A. – 1974
The development and interrelationship of various measures of independence in children ages 3-12 are examined. Subjects were scored on measures of locus of control and achievement motivation and were rated by teachers on independence and achievement. Subjects were also scored on reliance on adult evaluation and self-evaluation. The results showed…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Child Development
