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Filtering by: Creator Stevenson, John Remove constraint Creator: Stevenson, John Degree Name Master of Science (M.S.) Remove constraint Degree Name: Master of Science (M.S.) Subject Choice (Psychology) Remove constraint Subject: Choice (Psychology)

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  • Choice behavior as a function of memory in preschool children

    Creator:
    Glim, Margaret Ellen
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study was to investigate the memory factors associated with preschoolers' performance in a two-choice, uncertain outcome decision situation. Choice behavior was examined under two conditions: one, (NMA), in which the child was required to rely on his memory to establish an appropriate prediction of the occurrence...
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    Masters Thesis
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    support Piaget's findings. Stevenson and Wier (1959), in a study involving 120 children from four age

  • The utility of a correct choice under conditions of verbal reinforcement

    Creator:
    Nayak, Sheela Ramesh
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study was to test Siegel's utility model of choice behavior under conditions of verbal reinforcement, in a nursery school population of both sexes. Two major hypotheses were tested: The ordinal hypothesis stated that under conditions of increased value of the payoff subjects' stable-state strategies will occur...
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    performance of younger children; children roughly from 3. 0 to 5. 0 years of age, (McCullers and Stevenson