Examines the verbal-motor relationship in children who performed a Luria-type verbal control task, in which motor responses are initiated to positive stimuli and inhibited to negative stimuli. Subjects were 68 children from kindergarten, first and second grade. (MP)

Primary purpose of this study was to examine the effect of observed verbal reward to a model on an observer's performance while controlling for the presentation of verbal consequences to the critical responses of the model. (Author)

Suggests that serial presentation of inconsistent information results in a primacy effect in subjects, and that the experimenter.s response requirements are responsible for any recency effects obtained. The results are interpreted in terms of attention redistribution. (RW)

Based on a PhD thesis submitted to the Dept. of Psychology at the University of Cincinnati. Reprints from: R.J. Hoffnung, Counseling Service, Univ. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.

This study tested the possibility of using the optimization techniques of the response surface model in maximizing the response to a concept learning task. A secondary purpose was the investigation of the extent to which findings from concept learning experiments in laboratory settings would generalize to the learning of types of concepts…

According to the cognitive-congruency principle, humor appreciation peaks when the cognitive demands of the stimulus are congruent with the cognitive level of the child. This study tested the principle with jokes based on concepts associated with concrete operational thinking, conservation of mass and weight. This method provides a satisfactory…

A study is presented which supports the contention that planned exposure to a greater number of stimuli will affect achievement of seven-, eight-, and nine-year-olds. (MN)

Of interest in the present experiment was the demonstration of the immediate direct effect of anticipation interval: the performance advantage of a chaining-paradigm group over a nonchaining-paradigm group was lost completely when the anticipation interval dropped from 4 seconds to 1 second. (Authors)