Analysis of data from 340 second- and third-grade Ss indicated that stimulus perseveration (SP) errors are a significant factor in children's discrimination learning. In accord with hypotheses, such errors appeared more frequently with familiar than with unfamiliar material and appeared more frequently 8 days after acquisition than 1 day after acquisition. Contrary to hypothesis, the effects of reinforcement delay during learning on SP errors were not clearcut.
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