The Effects of Summated Stimuli with Retarded Children.

Melnick, Joseph

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Publication Date: 1972

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The Effects of Summated Stimuli with Retarded Children

Melnick, Joseph

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 14, 2, 277-86, Oct 72

The stimulus summation hypothesis predicts that the response strength of individual stimuli, when placed in combination, algebraically summate to produce a greater response strength than that of individual stimuli. (Author)

Descriptors: Conditioning, Discrimination Learning, Extinction (Psychology), Handicapped Children, Mental Retardation, Reinforcement, Responses, Stimuli, Tables (Data)

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