Response cost,reinforcement, and children's porteus maze qualitative performance |
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Authors: | Dawne M. Neenan Donald K. Routh |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, 52242 Iowa City, Iowa;(2) 1950 Tall Oaks Drive, 3A, 60505 Aurora, Illinois;(3) Department of Psychology, University of Miami, P.O. Box 248185, 33124 Coral Gables, Florida |
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Abstract: | Sixty fourth-grade children were given two different series of the Porteus Maze Test. The first series was given as a baseline, and the second series was administered under one of four different experimental conditions: control, response cost, positive reinforcement, or negative verbal feedback. Response cost and positive reinforcement, but not negative verbal feedback, led to significant decreases in the number of all types of qualitative errors in relation to the control group. The reduction of nontargeted as well as targeted errors provides evidence for the generalized effects of response cost and positive reinforcement. |
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