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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Weatherly, Jeffrey N.; Gudding, Jennifer; Derenne, Adam – Behavior Analyst Today, 2010
Research suggests that individuals prefer self-determined reinforcers over experimenter-determined ones. The present study had 518 college students complete a delay-discounting task in which the commodity was cigarettes, a grocery store gift card, casino tokens, cash, or the choice of the four. The least amount of delay discounting was observed…
Descriptors: Delay of Gratification, Incentives, Reinforcement, College Students
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Derenne, Adam; Loshek, Eevett – Behavior Analyst Today, 2009
This paper describes materials designed for classroom projects on stimulus generalization and peak shift. A computer program (originally written in QuickBASIC) is used for data collection and a Microsoft Excel file with macros organizes the raw data on a spreadsheet and creates generalization gradients. The program is designed for use with human…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Stimulus Generalization, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods