The Distracting Effect of Material Reward: An Alternative Explanation for the Superior Performance of Reward Groups in Probability Learning

To determine whether the distraction effect associated with material rewards in discrimination learning can account for the superior performance of reward groups in probability learning, the performance of 144 school children (preschool, second, and fifth grades) on a two-choice successive discrimin...

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Published inJournal of Experimental Child Psychology Vol. 18; no. 1; p. 149
Main Authors McGraw, Kenneth O, McCullers, John C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1974
Subjects
Age Differences
Discrimination Learning
Elementary School Students
Motivation
Performance Factors
Probability
Rewards
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Summary:To determine whether the distraction effect associated with material rewards in discrimination learning can account for the superior performance of reward groups in probability learning, the performance of 144 school children (preschool, second, and fifth grades) on a two-choice successive discrimination task was compared under three reinforcement conditions (material reward, marker, and knowledge of results). (Author/CS)