Response Differentiation in Infants: A Sex Difference in Learning
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1974
Journal / Book Title
Perceptual and Motor Skills
Abstract
A visual stimulus was made contingent upon free operant directional head turns in 10 wk old infants. Male infants significantly increased their rate of head turns to the rewarded side while rate of turns in the nonrewarded direction did not change from baseline levels. Female infants, on the other hand, did not demonstrate conditioning. The finding of a significant sex difference in response differentiation is discussed in terms of previous research which suggests that sex differences in conditioning may be a function of mode of reinforcement.
DOI
10.2466/pms.1974.38.2.479
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Vietze, Peter; Foster, Martha; and Friedman, Steven, "Response Differentiation in Infants: A Sex Difference in Learning" (1974). Department of Psychology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 419.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/psychology-facpubs/419
Published Citation
Vietze, P., Foster, M., & Friedman, S. (1974). Response Differentiation in Infants: A Sex Difference in Learning. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 38(2), 479-484. https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1974.38.2.479