The economics of infancy: A review of conjugate reinforcement

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue C, 1979, Pages 195-255

  Rovee Collier, Carolyn Kent ^a   Gekoski, Marcy J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; SUCKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

AGE FACTORS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MENTAL RECALL; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SUCKING BEHAVIOR; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0018371109     PISSN: 00652407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2407(08)60348-1     Document Type: Article

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