Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
The Relative Effectiveness of Observing Response vs. Predifferentiation Pretraining on Children's Discrimination Learning. |
| Authors: |
Vance, Billie J., Siegel, Alexander W., Pittsburgh Univ., PA. Learning Research and Development Center. |
| Source: |
Psychonomic Science. 1971 4(24):183-185. |
| Peer Reviewed: |
N |
| Page Count: |
4 |
| Publication Date: |
1971 |
| Sponsoring Agency: |
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. |
| Contract Number: |
OEC-4-10-158(010) |
| Descriptors: |
Children, Comparative Analysis, Discrimination Learning, Educational Environment, Evaluation, Grade 1, Learning Activities, Observation, Research, Responses, Stimulus Devices, Training, Visual Stimuli |
| Abstract: |
This study was designed to assess the relative effectiveness of four components of pretraining on a subsequent simultaneous discrimination and reversal: (1) making same-different judgments about the two stimuli; (2) making a specific observing response to the critical feature of the stimuli; (3) simple familiarization with the stimuli; and (4) developing a set to compare stimuli. Seventy-two first-grade children served as Ss. Two sets of stimuli were used: line drawings of cats and line drawings of children's faces. Although none of the pretraining conditions had a facilitating effect for Ss seeing the faces, there were significant facilitative effects for Ss seeing cats. Specifically, the three pretraining conditions involving same-different judgments facilitated both learning and reversal, whereas the effect of "observing response alone" pretraining had no such facilitative effect. (Author) |
| Notes: |
Reprint |
| Journal Code: |
RIEMAY1972 |
| Entry Date: |
1972 |
| Accession Number: |
ED058968 |
| Database: |
ERIC |
