The Influence of Contingent and Noncontingent Social Reinforcement upon Children in a Simple Operant Task.

Pawlicki, Robert E.

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Publication Date: 1972

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The Influence of Contingent and Noncontingent Social Reinforcement upon Children in a Simple Operant Task

Pawlicki, Robert E.

Child Development, 43, 4, 1423-8, Dec 72

Results of the present study confirm the importance of the contingency variable in experiments dealing with the effect of supportive comment upon children's performance. (Author)

Descriptors: Data Analysis, Extinction (Psychology), Grade 3, Performance Factors, Reaction Time, Social Reinforcement, Task Performance

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