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Kindergarten children performed in pairs on a double lever (R1 and R2) apparatus An group 50:100, Child A received 50% reward for R1 responses and Child B received 100% reward for R2 responses. In group 100:100 Child A and Child B received 100% reward for R1 and R2 responses, respectively. The R1 data were contrary to previous findings with rats and children in that Ss rewarded on a 50% schedule responded more slowly than those who were continuously rewarded.
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1. This study was assisted by National Research Council Grant APB-2 to the second author and by the Children’s Psychiatric Research Institute, London, Ontario. The authors are indebted to the Board of Education, London, Ontario, for assistance in obtaining subjects.
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Whiteley, J.H., Ryan, T.J. The effects of direct and vicarious nonreward upon instrumental performance. Psychon Sci 7, 351–352 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331119
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