Date of Award
8-1982
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Neil D. Kent
Second Advisor
Dr. Ronald Hutchinson
Third Advisor
Dr. Paul T. Mountjoy
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
The effects of a changing criteria token economy system and a self-recording procedure on the duration and accuracy of pre-school children's distance running behavior are examined. In the first study, the use of tokens contingent on gradually longer duration of running times increased the length of time children would run, to twelve minutes, a clinically significant duration. In the second study, the use of package intervention that included a self-recording device and contingent tokens increased the accuracy with which preschoolers followed directions to run a specified number of laps. Tokens alone also increased the accuracy of lap running, but not to the levels seen with the addition of the self-recording procedure. The implications of these findings in the areas of physical fitness and educational technology are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Cole, Patricia Anne, "Cardio-Vascular Conditioning in Pre-School Children" (1982). Masters Theses. 1703.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1703