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- Title
An application of reinforcement principles to development of motor skills of a young child.
- Authors
Johnston, Margaret K.; Kelly, C. Susan; Harris, Florence R.; Wolf, Montrose M.; Johnston, M K; Kelley, C S; Harris, F R; Wolf, M M
- Abstract
An unusually low rate of vigorous physical activity of a preschool child was changed to a normal rate through systematic social reinforcement of climbing behavior on a specific piece of play-yard equipment. Initially, a high rate of climbing was developed by a teacher's giving her attention contingent upon contact with the piece of equipment and withholding her attention for other behaviors as far as possible. A reversal of these contingencies reduced the climbing behavior, and later reinstatement again produced a high climbing rate. Climbing behavior was then generalized to other play-yard equipment by reinforcing the subject's use of this equipment.
- Subjects
MOTOR ability in children; REINFORCEMENT (Psychology); PRESCHOOL children
- Publication
Child Development, 1966, Vol 37, Issue 2, p379
- ISSN
0009-3920
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.2307/1126811