Positive Reinforcers for Experimental Studies with Children -- Consumables and Manipulatables

Abstract

This paper is an analysis of the kinds and the ways that positive reinforcers may be used in experimental studies with children. For the purpose of this presentation they have been classified as follows: (a) consumables, (b) manipulatables, (c) visual and auditory stimuli, (d) social stimuli, and (e) tokens. The first two categories will be considered here; the other three, in a paper to follow.