A sequential analysis of the partial reinforcement extinction effect in children*.
In a series of studies employing children between the ages of 7.6 and 10.6 years of age guessing on a modified Humphreys's board, extinction training was administered following either continuous reinforcement or various schedules of partial reinforcement training. Besides the observation of a partial reinforcement extinction effect, it was found that resistance to extinction appeared to be regulated by those sequential variables specified by extensions of Capaldi's theory of instrumental learning.
Department of Psychology, California State University, Sacramento, 95819, Califorma.
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