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Change in the Meaning of Symbolic Vehicle and Referent as a Result of Word-Object Reference Learning
Hass, Wilbur A.; Doty, Dennis – J Gen Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Language Acquisition, Learning Theories, Perception

Lazar, Gerald; Weiss, Ethel – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Change, College Students, Hypothesis Testing, Inhibition

Mallory, Sadie Grimmett – Journal of Psychology, 1970
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Error Patterns, Grade 2, Individual Characteristics

Faw, Harold W.; Waller, T. Gary – Review of Educational Research, 1976
Research from four subareas of prose learning (advance organizers, response modes, objectives, and inserted questions) is considered and weaknesses in the studies conducted are noted. Suggestions are advanced as to how researchers might profitably spend their energies in the future. (RC)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Processes, Educational Objectives, Learning Processes
STAATS, ARTHUR W.; AND OTHERS – 1962
FIVE STUDIES ARE REPORTED OF OPERANT CONDITIONING AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES IN READING. THE FIRST STUDY OUTLINED THE RATIONALE AND PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING THE PROJECT. THE SECOND STUDY INITIATED AND REFINED APPLICATIONS OF REINFORCEMENT PROCEDURES FOR STUDYING EFFECTS OF DISCRIMINATION TRAINING ON READING. STUDY NUMBER THREE DEMONSTRATED…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Grade 4, Grade 5, Language Acquisition
Smothergill, D. W.; Cook, Harold – 1969
The author initially cites the associationistic position of Spiker and the perceptual learning position of E. Gibson and concludes that the existing data does not clearly support either hypothesis. He describes a new approach designed to test these explanations of the role of verbal pretraining on subsequent discrimination learning. It consists of…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Child Language, Conditioning, Discrimination Learning
Martin, Maryanne – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1977
Two experiments are described. One measured performance of subjects on pairs of concurrent verbal tasks, monitoring sentences for certain items while reading. Secondary task performance combined with a primary task is proportional to its performance in isolation. The second experiment checked certain results of the first. (CHK)
Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Processes, Language Processing, Language Research

Corsini, David A. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1972
Results showed that kindergarten children remember best under conditions in which both verbal and nonverbal stimulus cues are available. (Author)
Descriptors: Cues, Data Analysis, Kindergarten Children, Learning Modalities

Standing, Lionel; Samson, Janet – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: College Students, Fatigue (Biology), Letters (Alphabet), Memory

Higgs, W. J.; Joseph, Karen B. – Journal of Social Psychology, 1971
In an extension of an early social facilitation study, 80 female college students reproduced a partially learned Indian folktale before both large and small audiences. Subjects showed greater verbal production but less accuracy before the large audiences. (Author)
Descriptors: Audiences, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Group Dynamics

Wiener, Yoash – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1970
Descriptors: College Students, Error Patterns, Experiments, Learning Processes

Wright, John H.; Gescheider, George A. – Journal of Psychology, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Experiments, Feedback
Gardner, James M.; And Others – 1969
The bibliography on learning in mentally handicapped persons is divided into the following topic categories: applied behavior change, classical conditioning, discrimination, generalization, motor learning, reinforcement, verbal learning, and miscellaneous. An author index is included. (KW)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Bibliographies, Conditioning, Discrimination Learning
May, Jack G., Jr.; Breyer, Norman L. – 1970
One of the focal points of this study is the investigation of the relationship between rates and types of imitative responding and responsiveness to social reinforcement (approval). Subjects were 96 children (5 to 6 years old) equally divided according to sex and race (Negro and white). Findings indicate that: (1) it seems tenable to assume that a…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Imitation, Patterned Responses, Preschool Children

Joesting, Joan; Joesting, Robert – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Testing, Creative Thinking