Contingency Awareness, Partial Reinforcement Effects, and Curiosity Motivation in Children.

Brannigan, Gary G.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1974

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Contingency Awareness, Partial Reinforcement Effects, and Curiosity Motivation in Children

Brannigan, Gary G.; And Others

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 18, 3, 497-503, Dec 74

Investigates third- and fourth-grade children's verbal evaluations of syllables paired with different reward schedules (full, partial, or none) for "pleasantness" and "curiosity." (Author/ED)

Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Conditioning, Cues, Curiosity, Discrimination Learning, Elementary School Students, Motivation, Reinforcement, Responses, Rewards

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