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ERIC Number: EJ191030
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Children's Self-Reinforcement: Some Evidence for Maximization of Payoff and Minimization of Effort.
Winson, Andrew S.; And Others
Child Development, v49 n3 p882-84 Sep 1978, Sep78
A group of 40 fifth grade boys and girls worked at a wheel-turning task in which each child could select, on each trial, how many wheel turns would earn a token exchangeable for either two or ten seconds of cartoon-viewing time. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Performance Criteria, Reinforcement, Research, Self Reward
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Language: English
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