The Effect Of Delay Of Information On The Learning Of A Motor Task By Retarted And Normal Adolescents

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Joyce Taylor Spence (Creator)

Institution

Appalachian State University (ASU )

Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/

Advisor

C. Milton Blue

Abstract: The present study was concerned with the effect of delayed reinforcement on learning of normal and mentally retarted subjects. Reinforcement was defined as the knowledge of results of a motor task. Specifically, the present experiment was to designed to study the effect of delayed knowledge of results on the speed with which human subjects learn a simple motor task; i.e., the drawing of a three-inch line while blindfolded. The criterion of learning was five consecutive correct responses.

The Effect Of Delay Of Information On The Learning Of A Motor Task By Retarted And Normal Adolescents
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Publication

Thesis

Spence, J. (1966). The Effect Of Delay Of Information On The Learning Of A Motor Task By Retarted And Normal Adolescents. Unpublished Master’s Thesis. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.

Language: English

Date: 1966

Keywords

learning disability, delay of information, adolescents, educational development