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ERIC Number: EJ118382
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1974
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Effects of Vicarious Consequences and Model and Experimenter Sex on Imitative Behavior in First-Grade Children
Garrett, Candace S.; Cunningham, Donald J.
Journal of Educational Psychology, 66, 6, 940-47, Dec 74
Results indicate that reward and ignore conditions were not different but both yielded higher imitative scores than the punishment condition; same-sex models yielded higher imitation scores than opposite-sex models; lowest imitation scores were obtained by children exposed to a male experimenter and a female model. (Author/BJG)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Elementary Education, Identification (Psychology), Imitation, Negative Reinforcement, Observational Learning, Positive Reinforcement, Role Models, Sex Role, Social Development
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