The Effect of Reinforcement for Global or Analytic Strategies on the Performance of Reflective and Impulsive Children

Second- and sixth-grade impulsive and reflective children were administered a conceptual style task with a modification that children were reinforced specifically for either global or analytic processing. Results indicated that both reflectives and impulsives were capable of offering either a global...

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Published inJournal of Experimental Child Psychology Vol. 33; no. 1; p. 55
Main Author Loper, Ann B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.02.1982
Subjects
Age Differences
Cognitive Style
Conceptual Tempo
Elementary Education
Elementary School Students
Reinforcement
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Summary:Second- and sixth-grade impulsive and reflective children were administered a conceptual style task with a modification that children were reinforced specifically for either global or analytic processing. Results indicated that both reflectives and impulsives were capable of offering either a global or an analytic hypothesis under appropriate reinforcement. (Author/MP)