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Tosti, Donald T.; O'Brien, Anne T. – NSPI Journal, 1978
Lists potential reinforcers that may be employed with various motivational tactics, and groups them into ten categories with specific examples of each. Most of these reinforcers may be used in manager-evaluated contingencies, with the exception of a few, which are listed because of their value in self-control tactics. (Author/VT)
Descriptors: Classification, Contingency Management, Motivation, Personnel Management
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Briggs, Chari H.; Weinberg, Richard A. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1973
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, Elementary School Students, Motivation, Reinforcement
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Masters, John C.; Mokros, Janice R. – Child Development, 1973
It was concluded from the date that satiation plays a determining role in the continued utilization of an acquired response while distraction is a primary determinant of acquisition rate. (Authors)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Motivation, Preschool Children, Reinforcement
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O'Leary, K. Daniel; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1972
Objections to the use of tangible reinforcers, such as prizes, candy, cigarettes, and money, are discussed. Treatment programs using tangible reinforcers are recommended as powerful modifers of behavior to be implemented only after less powerful means of modification have been tried. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Learning Theories, Motivation, Reinforcement
Heilbrun, Alfred B., Jr.; Norbert, Nancyann – Develop Psychol, 1970
Confirms that subjects with high-nurturant mothers are more effective self-reinforcers than subjects with low-nurturant mothers. (MH)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Early Experience, Motivation, Parent Child Relationship
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Witte, Kenneth L.; Grossman, Eugene E. – Child Development, 1971
Descriptors: Attention, Discrimination Learning, Kindergarten Children, Motivation
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Davidson, Nancy Hendershott; Fitzgerald, Hiram E. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1970
Thirty kindergarten children in three sessions performed a lever-pulling task under three partial reinforcement conditions. The results of the experiment demonstrated that both recency and summation of nonreward influenced performance as measured by latency. Based in part on a Master's Thesis submitted bu the first author in partial fullfillment…
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Kindergarten Children, Motivation, Psychomotor Skills
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MacMillan, Donald L.; Forness, Steven R. – Exceptional Children, 1970
Limitations inherent in behavior modification and common misuses of the strategy are discussed. (RJ)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Educational Objectives, Exceptional Child Education, Motivation
McHose, James H. – Psychol Rev, 1970
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Motivation, Operant Conditioning, Rats
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Ray, Robert O. – Journal of Leisure Research, 1981
A study examined why therapeutic recreation practitioners participate in continuing professional education. The most significant motivators identified were previous continuing education activity and reinforcement by significant others. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Motivation, Participant Characteristics, Professional Continuing Education, Professional Development
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Brennan, Thomas P.; Glover, John A. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1980
Both the directions and the directions plus reinforcement groups increased subjects' time on the task during the experimental phases. When extrinsic reinforcement and directions were removed, they maintained intrinsically motivated behaviors at levels significantly above levels observed during the baseline phase and significantly higher than the…
Descriptors: Cues, Incentives, Motivation, Operant Conditioning
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Egel, Andrew L. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1980
Results clearly demonstrated that the children in this investigation made significantly more and faster responses when the reinforcer presentation was varied as opposed to constant. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Children, Learning Motivation
Tosti, Donald T.; Addison, Roger – Educational Technology, 1979
A taxonomy of educational reinforcers is presented in the following categories: recognition, tangible rewards, classroom learning activities, classroom and school responsibilities, status indicators, incentive feedback, personal activities, social activities, relief from aversive policies or procedures, and relief from aversive classroom…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Classification, Educational Environment, Feedback
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Resnick, Barbara – Educational Gerontology, 2001
To help motivate older adults to initiate and adhere to an exercise program, a seven-step approach was developed: education about benefits, screening, goal setting, exposure to exercise, exposure to role models, verbal encouragement from credible sources, and reinforcement and rewards. (Contains 65 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Exercise, Health Behavior, Motivation
North, Stephen T.; Iwata, Brian A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2005
In Study 1, we examined the independent effects of reinforcer consumption during sessions and meal consumption prior to sessions on performance maintained by food reinforcement. Nine individuals with developmental disabilities participated. On alternate days, a preferred edible item was delivered during (a) seven sessions conducted before lunch…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Modification, Reinforcement
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